From: henry@spsystems.net   
      
   In article <20040710122656.16528.00001089@mb-m22.aol.com>,   
   ChrisV01  wrote:   
   >A while ago I saw an idea for an "Airship To Space" on JP Aerospace's website.   
   >How does this work?  They mentioned using electric rockets which have very low   
   >thrust.   
      
   Nobody outside JPA has been able to figure out how it could possibly work;   
   the numbers do not add up.  (Or rather, they add up to "absolutely no way".)   
   Either they have some *very* subtle trick in mind, or they've goofed badly,   
   and currently the betting is on the latter.   
      
   It doesn't help that very little technical detail on their scheme is   
   available.   
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