space elevator (was CEV - Orion)

--- In spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com, "Bill" wrote:
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> I think the I shaped structure is the way to go.
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> Bill
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Hi Bill,

In answer to your question I was thinking of a rotating barbell type
structure. My thinking was that the components (hub, habitats, cables,
and hub-to-habitat "elevators") could be individually launched by heavy
lift rockets and assembled in orbit. I was wondering if this dual-
habitat rotating around a central hub via cables arrangement might be
more do-able as a first (or second) generation space hotel than trying
to construct a mile-long cylinder to connect the two habitats.

Chris