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nirgal

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Registered: 2002-05-14

Posts: 157

Re: Space Island Group - Building ET stations in LEO

Click this link and tell me what you think about it! Personally, I think it's a brilliant idea and I hope they succeed.

Phobos

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Registered: 2002-01-02

Posts: 1,103

Re: Space Island Group - Building ET stations in LEO

Looks like an innovative use of expended fuel tanks.  Will they have to pay NASA to unload those things where they want them?  I didn't think NASA would be accomodating of private ventures like this, I hope it pans out.  I hope they cut some holes in the tanks though to make windows.  It's gonna be a lousy spacestation, not to mention a very lousy space hotel, if there's no windows. But in any case I guess it's a start.

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Shaun Barrett

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From: Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Registered: 2001-12-28

Posts: 2,843

Re: Space Island Group - Building ET stations in LEO

I love it!! But how will they raise the money? "Roton" had a comparatively conservative program to create a cheaper, better launch system, and they went broke.
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