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grooble
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Ok, i know a lot of you may feel despondent because you didn't think of this first. But hey, don't worry about it, it is to the benefit of us all.<br /><br />Why not build a road straight into space?<br /><br />Well, just to the official edge of space, around 60 miles up. The road could be at a 25 degrees angle, and around 170 miles long. At the top could be a runway and spaceplanes could take off and go straight into orbit.<br /><br />It would be built in some desert, so if the unfortunate happened and it collapsed, no one would be hurt. <br /><br />How difficult would it be? Is it impossible? Or just impracticle ?<br /><br />What would be the advantage for space launches taking place from 60 miles high on a solid runway?