Why build the Orbital Ring? It would cut our costs of going to orbit from about $2000/kg to about $1/kg. There are individual asteroids that have tens of trillions of dollars in materials on them that could be mined. One mission could easily pay for the cost of building the Orbital Ring.
We could then deploy solar power satellites in orbit above cloud cover and return the power back to the surface with near zero loss by running power transmission cables down the elevator, and sell the power at a profit.
With increased luminosity in space, enhanced exposure time, and the ability to deliver base loads, solar panels pay for themselves in only 1-2 years while having a 20 year life time.
In other words, if you put $5 trillion of solar panels into space, you get your $5 trillion back by the end of year two and a $5 trillion income stream each year thereafter.
In other words, the US could cut everyone's taxes, both personal and business, income, capital, death, or otherwise, all to 0%, not even cut any benefits or current spending, and pay off the national debt within a decade.
Landon Nelson
If Jeb Bush accepts the nomination of the Space Elevator Party, he would beat Trump's ass like the little cuck he is.
Carter Ramirez
He's letting stupid Jarred run the entire fucking white house because he stuck it in his daughter a few times.
He's already well cucked, OP.
Elijah Russell
Trump is fucking nigger
Brandon James
Is the space elevator pill compatible with the saved pill?
Jackson Thomas
The one time cost of buildig the orbital ring would exceed the world's annual GDP and span many countries that did not help build it. Additionally there would be no way to prevent freeloaders from also using it without bombing them, which incentivises them to steal the fruits of your labor. Orbital rings are impractical for now. We should focus on improving rocket fuels and getting some construction capacity of the moon first. If we can produce most of a space elevator or orbital ring in space to begin with the cost drops dramatically.
Joshua Smith
>He's already well cucked, OP
Didn't build the wall. Filled the Swamp. Didn't build the Space Elevator.
Christopher Hall
Kek wills it, build the space elevator
Carter Baker
Thats why we remove Kebab and shoot them into space
Benjamin Carter
Checked
Justin Jones
Yes but you should really consider giving up christianity since god isn't actually real.
Dominic Flores
What did Kek mean by this?
Blake Mitchell
>The one time cost of buildig the orbital ring would exceed the world's annual GDP and span many countries that did not help build it.
It would be about $4-500 billion.
>Additionally there would be no way to prevent freeloaders from also using it without bombing them, which incentivises them to steal the fruits of your labor.
Russia would be the only country that could project this kind of force worldwide.
>We should focus on improving rocket fuels and getting some construction capacity of the moon first.
No need. We can get straight to a reduction from $2000/kg to around $1/kg for sending payloads to space. Then the moon space elevator and construction facilities would be easy to build.
>If we can produce most of a space elevator or orbital ring in space to begin with the cost drops dramatically.
It's far more expensive to do it this way, because you have to send all of your payloads to the moon first, instead of low earth orbit.
Jace Cruz
It's okay, the space elevator even accepts fedoras.
Nicholas Allen
Jesus wants the Space Elevator.
HE WANTS THE SPACE ELEVATOR!
Ryder Turner
I'm not sharing an elevator with him, though.
Gavin Brooks
Basically the same as european kings had to pay vast sums of money to get ships exploring and setting up new colonies. The problem is that back in the day you'd just get a onetime visit to the king and try to convince him for the expedition. Now you have to go through congress, labour laws, etc.
Hudson Johnson
dude. the issue is getting shit we mine back on earth
shit is heavy. rocks bro.
Joseph Foster
we're going to give you an airlock ride
Jackson Richardson
>It would be about $4-500 billion. Where the hell are you getting that number from? The average US rocket launch is between 4 and 500mil usd. You'd spend that much just trying to launch all of the building materials into space even if there were no people with it. But you have to pay engineers, secretaries, workers, and janitors too. Over the course of many many years.
>Russia would be the only country that could project this kind of force worldwide. Any country the ring orbited over could fly up to try to use it unless we shoot them down.
>We should focus on improving rocket fuels and getting some construction capacity of the moon first.
>No need. We can get straight to a reduction from $2000/kg to around $1/kg for sending payloads to space. Then the moon space elevator and construction facilities would be easy to build. Yeah but for now it's 2000usd/kg a launch. And all those launches must be done at that price...
>It's far more expensive to do it this way, because you have to send all of your payloads to the moon first, instead of low earth orbit. You need far more when you have to get all your material into orbit from earth rather than it already being in space. What the fuck are you even on about?
Oliver Hall
CHECKED!!! OUR GOD EMPEROR AND OUR LORD WANTS THE SPACE ELEVATOR!!!
Christian Phillips
Kek confirms Christianity is the true religion.
Daniel Wilson
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Colton Price
The aristocrats and bankers don't want it because it would create broad-based economic growth. Which is exactly why we should do it.
