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> I would argue that a fantasy with a proposed (if theoretical) business
> plan is at least one notch up from one with no business plan at all.
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Mike, isn't it too early for a business plan in either instance? We
can barely get supplies up to an existing orbital station to keep two
astronauts alive and healthy. How are we going to get a few
aircraft-carrier-equivalents of construction materials and consumables
and a crew to assemble it all into space if we can't even do that?

Rather than focus on the end product, maybe we should as a first step
consider exerting our intellectual efforts on how to cheaply get large
masses of payload into orbit? If we're in a hurry, I think we should
forget about cutting-edge technology like Scramjets and the like, and
just resurrect the Saturn-5 booster as a Saturn-7 or something, and
just start shoving the stuff up there. If kerox will do the job now,
why not use it?

Having a business plan now for space habitats feels sort of like a Cro
Magnon sitting in front of his fire and telling his friends, "... and
then we'll ship the tobacco and rum back to Europe from the New World.
By the way, does anyone know how to get across that BIG body of water
to the West?" :-)

Steve