> On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 7:48 AM, Onno Meyer <[email protected]> wrote: > > David replied to me: > >> At seven cents the pound to get into orbit, all sorts of things become > >> possible to ship. Fresh fruit, for instance. Or it would make sense > >> to use it for long-distance shipping on the planet's surface. > > > > Unless surface shipping (mag-lev?) is even cheaper. > > Might be cheaper. Sure won't be faster.
So there can be variety in transportation - maglevs for bulk cargo, fast suborbital shuttles for passengers and express cargo, slower shuttles to carry bulk cargo into orbit, and fast orbital passenger shuttles. For the water world, I have a catamaran, an ekranoplan, and ducted fan lifters, each able to fill a different market segment. _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
