Skyhooks, Rotovators & Space Ladders: Lifting Humanity To The Stars Without Rockets
When I think of the things we're on the brink of being able to do (like building skyhooks and rotovators), and compare it with the idiotic things we're actually doing with our energies (like snatching vaccines away from African children and letting them rot in refrigerators), I'm reminded of Ray Bradbury's description of the cancellation of the Apollo Applications Program as being like reaching one hand over the top of the cliff and then performing the contortionist miracle of stomping on your own fingers so you fall back into the chasm.
















