Ohh ohhh mee me, pick me!

I hear the first one up is to be christened the Christa Mcauliffe...

What's more important, (to me), is that Virgin has a Formula One team competing next season.

It's still an inefficient means of achieving escape velocity.

Something like this would be a whole lot better for the environment and cost-effective in the long run.

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The problem with a catapult is that it has to get all of its acceleration for escaping the Earth's atmosphere while it's on a track. Unless the track is really, really long - that means incredible G forces that would be hard on soft tissue.

I'm hanging out for the elevator. Come on Google- use some of your billions.
>> ^Trancecoach:
It's still an inefficient means of achieving escape velocity.
Something like this would be a whole lot better for the environment and cost-effective in the long run.