Here's how to get CATS for 20% of current price.

> Sure, let's call Truax and do it.

If'n I had a billion to drop on Truax (which'n I don't)...

> Think of this as the ladder from the ground to the first floor.
> Foreverafter you can use this ladder and no longer have to climb
> willy-nilly to the first floor. This can do away with orbital
> launch requirements.

Yes, but you still need to get the rotovator stuff into orbit to
begin with. And Sea Dragon can whump up 600 tons at a time.

> All anyone has to do now is just get to 145 km altitude and dock
> with the grapple.

Yes. Could the Sea Dragon FIRST STAGE do that? Thus adding to it's
already formidable launch capacity?

> With the Sea Dragon, if it can be cheaper in boosting large
> quantities of mass into orbit, or suborbit in conjunction with the
> rotovator, then even better.
>
> Remember though, after this is built, we still need a well
> developed sub-orbital infrastructure to get the tourists up to
> 145km. Not just a few, but a few hundred per day.

My next post. ^_^

Xenophile (in a basically good mood)