[gurps] Space Transport Costs at TL10

[Knapp]

On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 8:00 PM, Onno Meyer <Onno.Meyer at gmx.de> wrote:
>> On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 7:48 AM, Onno Meyer <Onno.Meyer at gmx.de> 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.

I always liked the idea of a sealed maglev train in a vacuum tube,
very fast, very efficient.


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Douglas E Knapp

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