[LibWhacker]

Yes, you're probably right about that. I was just throwing that out there w/o really thinking about it -- which is my standard m.o., lol. We don't have the heavy lift vehicles we need and nobody knows how to make the giant carbon nanotube cable they'll need either. It's probably a lifetime away. :-(

[unibrowshift9b20]

Well, I think I would go in with the 15-20 years people. Nanotubes are advancing at a blistering pace. I've heard that they might only need to have individual 'tubes 2-3mm long. But continuous strands would be ideal. Maybe if they make a new rocket for the CEV, we could use 1 or 2 of those to start it up. The big problem might just be that people are too incredulous to give it a chance.