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Originally Posted by freebeard
That looks easier to draw than to instantiate.
It would need to be straight as a laser, else at orbital velocity occupants would be shaken up and down and side to side. That might work on the Moon where there is no atmosphere.
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Yeah, moon has the advantage of not needing to construct a tube that withstands the crushing force of a vacuum under atmosphere, or the need to create the vacuum in the first place. Getting things off the moon will be a cinch.
I kinda think humans will continue to be sent into orbit on conventional rockets, but other payloads will likely be sent via other means such as Spinlaunch or mass driver. The things we need beyond earth can be delivered relatively cheaply.