Re: Burt Rutans plans for a manned mission to Mars

On 12 May 2006 12:28:53 -0700, "Alex Terrell" <alexterrell@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

You're confusing an elevator with a rotovator.

Where I come from, farmers use rotovators.

An interesting point about rotovators is that they're not good for
reaching their orbit. They're very good at reaching higher orbits.

Reaching their own orbit takes a little doing, but is possible.

-- Roy L
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