Andrew - Thanks for your clarifications Andrew, I didn't even know that other post existed. I now bow down to the NASA expert, besides what do I know? I'm a junior in college that took a year of physics because it's required to be an electrical engineer, I don't know much when it comes to...
Brian - I am quite aware of the problem with angular momentum considering that I am currently in school to become an engineer. If you go to the projects web page, there is a faq section that addresses this. They don't give any calculations or anything, but considering that this project...
Anyone interested in an alternative method of getting into space should go read this article here http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/1...ic=&topic_set= It seems kind of far fetched, but the technology is there and it is feasable. Addition: Here is the projects website...