Fresh Idea to Achieve LEO

--- In spacesettlers@y..., "Robert Reed" wrote:
> I totally agree with you on the ET issue. No matter how many times
> it is stated, or how many times I read about the waste of ETs in
> space, I am baffled by the short-sightedness of the NASA
> administration. There is at least one company trying to change all
> of that. I think that we should put our energies into one company
> who is bent on turning that dream into reality, and that is the
Space
> Island Group: http://www.spaceislandgroup.com
>

They are indeed a major player, with Arthur C. Clarke and a former
NASA director advising them. There are other groups that would
likely be customers as well:
Artemis project
http://www.asi.org/adb/01/04/tour-01.html
Georgia Tech Acoustic Shaping Project
http://www.ae.gatech.edu/research/windtunnel/nmb/nmbhome.html
Space Frontier Foundation
http://www.space-frontier.org/
SpaceHab Inc
http://www.spacehab.com/main/main.htm

Space Island is a fantastic idea. Now, all they need is the salvage
system I described earlier, and everybody's in business.

:) ed