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What's the purpose of the tower? It seems like an incredible waste of resources.
by Houshalter 13y ago
What's the purpose of the tower? It seems like an incredible waste of resources.
- chriswarbo 13y agoThe purpose is mainly the idea. If such a tower were built, it would indeed be a huge waste of natural resources; but it would improve our engineering abilities.
- adwn 13y agoImprove our ability to build useless, wasteful towers? No, thanks. I'm pretty sure we can improve our engineering abilities in much more constructive, useful ways.
- nakedrobot2 13y agoIt will reduce the cost of rocket launches by 50% (or double the payload).
- Houshalter 13y agoBut the net cost is higher because of all the money spent on building the tower. Why not just launch from the top of a mountain? Or build the tower on top of a mountain?