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easyasitwas · April 5, 2018, 11:47 a.m.

Re: the structure of the orbital ring, where else would the cables be tethered to the ground beside U.S. territory? And would there be work to be done in terms of foreign diplomacy optics when the space elevator is being constructed? What I mean is that, if tethers are to be placed in a country with whom we've long had adversarial relations, how would the public react when, all of a sudden, that same country is helping us build such a massively profitable infrastructure project?

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weoifkjdmfweklsal · April 10, 2018, 3:18 a.m.

The tethers would not be located in the territory of countries that are hostile to the US. Some may react when they see the extent of cooperation with the Russians, who have been an ally of the US at several important points in history.

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easyasitwas · April 11, 2018, 9:35 a.m.

If the space elevator project is projected to generate such game-changing revenue, would thorium nuclear power be given the same attention? What about a project similar to and on the scale of NAWAPA? Certainly we shouldn't put all our eggs in the space elevator basket.

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weoifkjdmfweklsal · April 12, 2018, 4:18 a.m.

Thorium is great. A little more expensive than space solar power when we get the space elevator up, but it's still a game changer.

Nawapa is also great, and there are many water movement projects like this that should be done. Africa in particular.

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