BradGuth <bradguth@gmail.com> wrote in news:8c750485-2456-4ddd-b6b4-
57e181025964@d9g2000prh.googlegroups.com:

At least I have plans that could salvage what's left of Earth, and
open up other off-world potential.  

We barely possess the resources to put a Shuttle just above the atmosphere 
with any load you would need.  So, tell us how you plan to take a mining 
company to Venus and send back the product, knowing our limited delivery 
potential.  That first 200 miles up eats vast quantities of fuel to lift 
anything heavy.....leaving us stranded on the edge of our atmosphere...only 
temporarily until the drag pulls us back down.  A mm above the surface of 
the classroom globe is a thousand times further than our lift capabilities 
for all but the lightest birds in orbit.

-- 
Larry