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   From: mikecombs@nospam.com_chg_nospam_2_ti.retro.com   
      
   "Ian Stirling"  wrote in message   
   news:43ca3f39$0$63068$ed2e19e4@ptn-nntp-reader04.plus.net...   
      
   > The problem with the BHR approach, is that first you've got to get a   
   > really huge rock into orbit.   
      
   I think pretty much everybody takes it for granted that the big rock which   
   serves as a counterweight is in fact a NEA which has been captured into   
   Earth orbit.   
      
   I've always had the same view you have wrt the advantage of going with a   
   greater length of cabling vs. a counterweight.  I suppose the counterweight   
   keeps getting brought up with the above assumption, i.e. every ton which is   
   counterweight is a ton we didn't have to manufacture.  (I know it's not a   
   1-1 ratio, but I think you get my point.)   
      
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