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It will be the most amazing feat humanity accomplishes when there is a functioning space elevator. But while we wait for industrial grade production of the new materials they are developing to carry the tremendous dynamic load, and other concerns such as how to operate the elevator craft (is it 25,000 miles long? been quite a while since I read any real figures) and take care of drift, leo objects and solar storms, we can get the LeGrange points settled/industrialized using the traditional heavy boosters and parachute drops. (wouldn't it be cool to have a fleet of uber-blimps hauling the boosters around and handling the goods manufactured in space!). Earth orbit gets industrialized, the moon gets a magnetic launch facility built, and we are on the way to Mars and beyond. The first step is to get those boosters going.
I find the whole thing really exciting.
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