Re: An answer to the space elevator

From: James Bowery (jim_bowery_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 06/28/04 

Date: 28 Jun 2004 00:48:13 -0700

Joe Strout <joe@strout.net> wrote in message news:<joe-91AEA6.19435327062004@comcast.dca.giganews.com>...
> In article <2c4d4d0a.0406271309.1cbb092b@posting.google.com>,
> jim_bowery@hotmail.com (James Bowery) wrote:
>
> > Is there anything likely come along in the near future that could take
> > paylods to 100km and mach 12?
>
> Suborbital rockets will probably get there in the near future. I'm
> actually less optimistic about advanced airbreathing designs, but only
> time will tell.

Precisely my point when I said:

Is there anything likely come along in the near future that could take
paylods to 100km and mach 12?

Probably the same thing that is driving the bureaucrats to make all
this noise about space elevators now.