Strategies for obtaining orbit without a rocket

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<![endif]--><b>video of proposed beanstalk:</b><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/2057-space-elevator.html">http://dsc.di… class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>baby bean stalk now possible with today's materials (this idea inspires an upstart company called Tower Tech to try to break the megacorp NET's monopoly on communications relay stations with cheap orbital towers of this type):</b></p><font color="#ffffff"><b><br /><br /></b></font><pre><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31710845/ns/technology_and_science-science/…; target="_blank">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31710845/ns/technology_and_science-science/…;

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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/07/02/space-tower.html">http://dsc.d… class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p><p class="MsoNormal">other proposed methods </p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/07/02/space-tower.html"><br /></a></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_ring">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki…;

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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_fountain">http://en.wikipedia.org/wi…;

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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launch_loop">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/…;

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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyhook_%28structure">http://en.wikipedia… class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyhook_%28structure"><br /></a></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_tether">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki…;

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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/000905.html">http://www.worldchan…;

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