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thethingthatlurks

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Yes, SpaceX is launching its first rocket into space, and you can follow it here, live: http://www.spacex.com/webcast.php

Now for some discussion value, what would you like to see, realistically, happen to space exploration within your lifetime (say in the next 50 years)?
 

thethingthatlurks

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Woohoo, T-360s

I'd love to see the completion of a space elevator within the next 50 years, as that would finally allow for some real space exploration by reducing the obscene costs of getting something into orbit.
 
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U71L7Y_F0RMUL4 said:
A space elevator would be great, providing they get it to work, but it would make things much easier.
Indeed, the hardest aspect of getting into space is escaping earth's gravity. Fix that problem and it becomes easier and more cost effective to explore.