Transition Between Industrial and Space Stage (or even a new stage?)

[domin2ktr]

Graphene may be suitable for a space elevator, whether there will be a space elevator at the sub-light space stage depends on whether mass production of graphene will be available before sci-fi technologies. However, this does not apply to other types of space elevator (such as loftstrom loops, orbital rings, mass accelerators, etc., as they use active support).

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

Are you sure graphene could actually hold against the immense forces such a cable would experience?

[Trappist-1e ("shot for the moon, and if you miss, you get on sun orbit lol")]

I think this report from NIAC may be relevant to this discussion.

472Edwards.pdf

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

I wonder how much would the construction of such a thing cost…

[Trappist-1e ("shot for the moon, and if you miss, you get on sun orbit lol")]

the real question is how quickly we would be able to get that money back.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

If we did manage to construct it, probably not in so much time.

[domin2ktr]

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

I wonder, would the finale of this transition stage be a final move away from the traditional combustion rockets towards more sophisticated, better designs?