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.
The lolbertardians on here are statist faggots. All they do is talk about how "taxation is theft" but then they won't support the one party that has an actual plan to end it. If you don't support the Space Elevator, YOU ARE A FAGGOT!
Gavin Richardson
Where's the porn?
Jonathan Lewis
There ya go
Jackson Ross
>he still thinks space exists
Ian Thomas
The FBI does that to discredit the Space Elevator Party. It's a Cointelpro operation.
Aaand, here they are
Grayson Harris
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Matthew Bailey
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Chase Fisher
Fuck off, Rothschilds.
Fuck off FBI.
That's... an improvement.
Aiden Nelson
Who's that woman?
Luis Peterson
The Space Elevator Party has the finest hos...and solid public policy recommendations...
Jayden Baker
>122673013 Remy LaCroix,
but what's most important is the Space Elevator
Robert Price
I made 2 memes, here is 1
Blake Martinez
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Eli Rivera
> Eh, I'll accept the second one
Connor Long
GOD DAMMIT FBI!
Tyler Baker
this is retarded, fuck off jew
Juan Parker
Who cares? Space is empty and a waste of time.
Connor Gomez
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Ayden Wright
Enough with this Musk-tier shit. They said the same about SOLAR FREAKING ROADWAYS, and look how well that shit turned out.
Jayden Kelly
READ THE OP YOU FUCKING FAGGOT! IT WILL PAY FOR ITSELF AND CREATE TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS!
Chase Foster
>Space is Empty Uhm... no sweetie. Space has access to a ridiculous amount of rare earth elements. We can mine rare earths from asteroids and other celestial bodies and pay off the space elevator with that alone
Hudson Garcia
"One idea someone had didn't work! Therefore all ideas are bad!"
The whole US debt could get knocked out from a couple of missions.
Lincoln Flores
More porn please
Ryan Price
This isn't a solar road. We can mount solar panels on the space ring, as this bypasses the limitations of solar roads and the ozone layer
Chase Long
Only if you watch the video in the OP and swallow the space elevator pill like this girl does
Fuck off and just post the porn. Its all you are good for
Daniel Taylor
"Don't worry about utopia, more porn!"
Why is it always BBC, FBI?
Julian Campbell
Nah. Mostly it's iron and shit. And those metals are worthless anyway.
Jaxson Perez
Nah, we don't need solar energy
Josiah Wright
Not a bad idea. Might be hard to stabilize it. Launch Loop is really a partial orbital ring, which Birch described in his articles.
You are a communist that hates America.
>Nah. Mostly it's iron and shit. And those metals are worthless anyway.
"It's mostly this one thing, therefore the other thing does not exist."
That's what you said.
Dylan Moore
Acting like this shit will ever get built in your lifetime
Isaiah Lopez
No, I said the other thing is worthless.
Mason Lee
We got to the moon in the 60's, before the internet
The last president who challenged the deep state and was killed for it was pushing us towards the stars
Dylan Kelly
Why would we need cheap, clean energy that can fund the whole federal government?
Owen Lopez
Acting like sitting around watching porn will bring utopia.
There are asteroids with tens of trillions in rare earths on them.
>The last president who challenged the deep state and was killed for it was pushing us towards the stars
(((They))) don't like it.
Cameron Gonzalez
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Blake Lewis
Too many FBI degenerates in here. Jesus does not approve.
Isaac Lee
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Ian Jenkins
but how to build ring around flat earth?
Austin Davis
This is the best video anyone could find on the subject. This guy has many other videos on related stuff - Skyhooks and Rotovators, technology designed to lift grab spaceplanes or rockets at far slower speeds than normal and lift them into space at a fraction of normal launch costs.
I think you underestimate the sheer enormity of an engineering project on this scale.
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for building a space elevator, but the number one thing people do is underestimate the challenges and costs of doing something like this.
First of all >Kevlar and Steel.
Strong enough on paper, but not strong enough in practice. An elevator that is built for tensile strength OR an orbital ring will probably need to rely on carbon nanotubes, plus we would need to segment the elevator/ring so if it falls, controlled explosives can break it up into peaces as to not crush the local village beneath it.
>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
This is a great idea, but $5 trillion worth of panels is not really realistic, at least at launch.
Also, you must consider the costs of cleaning the space junk away. Having potentially thousands of objects crash into your panels or elevator would be disastrous. You would also have to have a hired force to prevent and combat threats and terrorism that are aimed at the structure.
We technically have the technology and know-how to build such a structure, but the current cost and engineering challenges are not worth the risk just yet. You also have to consider that this will be a very long project. It wont appear overnight, and many many years of testing and retesting will make the project more expensive and time consuming.
I say we wait a good 20-50 years and revisit this.
Austin Morales
>There are asteroids with tens of trillions in rare earths on them. Not really. The price would drop so they would be worthless. They are only worth as much because they are scarce.
Lucas Hughes
Why would we want to funds the government, retard? They are our enemy.
Asher Powell
Isaac Arthur is good. But this is the Orbital Ring, which has a much shorter tether. That's why it can be built today with existing materials.
> I think you underestimate the sheer enormity of an engineering project on this scale
It's too big? That's it?
>Strong enough on paper, but not strong enough in practice.
Check out the article in the OP. It's strong enough to withstand a category 5 hurricane.
>This is a great idea, but $5 trillion worth of panels is not really realistic, at least at launch.
Of course, it would take a few years. But the United States can easily build this.
> Also, you must consider the costs of cleaning the space junk away. Having potentially thousands of objects crash into your panels or elevator would be disastrous.
>but the current cost and engineering challenges are not worth the risk just yet.
100%+ return on investment.
>I say we wait a good 20-50 years and revisit this.
I say we start tomorrow. And the science, economics, and humanity agree.
Therefore diamonds are worthless. Right?
Landon Robinson
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Oliver Reed
>dude just build a giant steel ring in orbit around the planet lmao
Justin Robinson
It would have to be the most heavily guarded structure on earth.
Evan Young
FUCK OFF FBI!
Are you envisioning some country risking a war with the United States to take down a single tether?
Jordan Hill
I'm imagining one of the 7 billion people on our planet deciding to blow up the greatest creation made by man for some retarded reason.
James Wright
Fuck off faggot. We invented blue eyes (OCA2 gene mutation - 9000 years ago) and milk. We are the only Latin country in a sea of slavs despite constant invasion from the barbaric east. We defeated moslems in the bloodiest wars of the Middle Ages. Stefan the Great (one of only four awarded with "Athleta Christi" (Champion of Christ) by Pope Sixtus IV, Vlad the Impaler rings any bell for you? Think wars with 150.000 impaled casualties, when your average skirmishes were around 5-10.000 dead at most.
Also, the Trajan's Column is made in our honor, as we provided all the gold for the coins of Roman Empire. We were allies with the Romans and fought against barbarians who made large detours to avoid us. That's where the name Romania came from - as we considered ourselves Romans, NOT Byzantines, as many Roman generals retreated here after the fall of the empire, because that's where the source of money was.
Such idiot. Neanderthals lived here, in this region, as all the Europe was covered with snow (it was an Ice Age, moron - the Arctic ice ended near Carpathians). The first writing in the world was invented here, in the Black Sea.
Most of this can be addressed with basic security procedures. Make sure people aren't carrying a large bomb, etc. Parking an aircraft carrier next to it isn't a bad idea, either.
If you don't support the Space Elevator, you're a cuck.
Colton Robinson
Also, in 45 years of constant terrorist attacks, we had only one idiot muslim trying to detonate himself with a grenade. He was arrested and deported. We know how to deal with moslems (think Vlad the Impaler). You should learn from us.
