This one wasn't satire (a change for me). I'm not suggesting it become the 'new normal', but for those who can afford the price; it could finance a lot of further growth in the industry.
Eventually space elevators will do the same job; but then, we'll get them sooner if we can point to a lot of lucrative use cases.
Thanks for engaging with the idea.
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What would the impact be on space debris? Seems like that could be a major issue.
They'd only be up there for the 12 hours; and completely incinerate on the way down, so wouldn't become junk, themselves.
Space junk they might collide with is up just a bit higher, in stable orbit. If it was low enough to hit them, it'd be low enough to have already fallen.
I realise there are some speed complexities. Things going fast enough can be lower and still in stable orbit; but if the lastronauts are the fastest things that low, there shouldn't be any collisions.
Ah so this is really a more extreme version of skydiving?
Yeah. I kinda want to tag James Hetfield; since it's the most Metal thought I've ever had.