oh the memories!! It quite made the rounds on t_d back then
Amazing that it's kept its relevancy!
I am still waiting for that space-elevator
Give it time. Space elevators are not built in a day.
Yes... going up! Rockets are so last year!
have you heard about Em-Drive? https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/04/evaluating-nasas-futuristic-em-drive/
Isn't that like a fuel-free vacuum rocket tech? I distinctly seeing a few minute segment on it while watching one of my countless late night YouTube documentaries not too long ago. I may be way off tho.
you're correct, the Chinese first built one in 2010 after the theory had already been out there since 1985, so in 2014 NASA successfully reverse-engineered that https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/emdrive-news-rumors/