Can we help make it happen?

--- In spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com, omar vega wrote:

> I dont TangoMan. Why to stay with the little jump

Because this little jump, as you call it, breaks the problem down
into smaller more achievable steps, and gets us to the solution
(orbital access) that much quicker.

It is easier to develop a craft that can economically get to Mach 18
or so, than one to get to Mach 25. Further, reentry issues are
lessened, and the payload ratio increases (you can't get away from
the rocket equation.)

Then in orbit we build a rotating, or a stationary, skyhook, the
grapple of which would rendevouz with the spaceplane and take over
the cargo and toss or transport it to a higher orbit. Once this
skyhook is built, it becomes a reusasble part of the infrastructure.

> when the solution of the problem, however difficult,
> is at reach.

What is at reach? I'm not aware of any technologies that enable
single stage to orbit vehicles to be developed immediately. Further
they have the reentry and payload issues to contend with.

TangoMan