166 - "My understanding is that the cable will be built in place?
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Sorry about the terminology, this is well out of my expertise."
That's OK, the basic math shouldn't be. Since 1980 we have only managed to launch a shuttle about 100 times, in 24 years. This project alone, even given it's ridiculously wrong numbers, would still require 50 years, 230 missions, for this one project alone, at a cost of $120+ dollars.