The only political issue that matters

It is already possible to build a space elevator. The key idea is the Orbital Ring version of the space elevator, not the geosynchronous tether concept you are familiar with.

See, for example, Paul Birch's writings:

orionsarm.com/fm_store/OrbitalRings-I.pdf

There are many other feasible ways for us to get to space much more cheaply and safely than rockets:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launch_loop

youtube.com/watch?v=J1MAg0UAAHg

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_driver

youtube.com/watch?v=KerG4ILWEa4

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_fountain

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_gun

You get the idea. Any of these could be done for $100 billion or less, a negligible cost when considering a GDP of trillions of dollars.

Why do something like this? Overnight, asteroid mining becomes an incredibly profitable industry. Because the cost of delivering payloads to LEO drops from thousands of dollars per kilogram to less than $100 (potentially less than $1) we can now retrieve asteroids with trillions of dollars worth of minerals for mere tens millions of dollars in addition to having an easy viable way of returning those resources back to the surface. We acquire the ability to deploy profitable solar power in orbit above cloud cover and with the ability to return said power back to the surface with near zero loss by running power transmission cables down the elevator.

Just how profitable?

With increased luminosity in space, enhanced exposure time, and the ability to deliver base loads, solar panels pay for themselves in only 1-2 years while having a 20 year life time. In other words, if you put $5 trillion of solar panels into space, you get your $5 trillion back by the end of year two and a $5 trillion income stream each year thereafter. In other words, the US could cut everyone's taxes, both personal and business, income, capital, death, or otherwise, all to 0%, not even cut any benefits or current spending, and pay off the national debt within a decade.

This is the only political issue that matters because it cuts through all the lies. If a politician does have solutions like this, they are stupid or corrupt. They cannot be trusted. It is the perfect litmus test.

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orionsarm.com/fm_store/OrbitalRings-I.pdf
orionsarm.com/fm_store/OrbitalRings-II.pdf
orionsarm.com/fm_store/OrbitalRings-III.pdf
swfound.org/media/119601/iac-13-e3.4.7-paper.pdf
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This is literally irrelevant politically today. It's a pipe-dream. Any and all new technology developed at the moment will only be used to further enslave us. Until our political problems are fixed, forget about this shit.

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I want to see this space elevator built first

Americans can't even get a wall built on their boarder. Building monuments and great wonders requires internal conflict to be crushed. Study history and you will realise why something like the space elevator is currently an impossibility politically.

Quit listening to sci fi bullshit and be educated in STEM. You boomers are embarrassing when you present this bullshit with a background in trade school.

It can't happen because it would absolutely ruin the economy, think DeBeers. That's the only reason we aren't doing it.

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The fastest way to expose the current system is by showing what we're missing out on.

Desperate shilling is always a good sign.