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MatterBeam6 karma

Hi Tim! Will you be featuring more of the in-space propulsion designs, like solar-electric rockets, in the future?

You will run out of launchers one day!

MatterBeam6 karma

What if 20 years pass, and climate change really does wreak havoc, with governments and populations becoming really motivated to try multiple radical solutions at once? Could the general stance on 'space solar power' or 'move industry off Earth' shift enough in such a scenario for the Wait and Go Big approach to be discarded?

MatterBeam5 karma

Thanks for the shout-out!

MatterBeam3 karma

That's reasonable. Though, I must point out that stuff like solar sails and ion engines are already flying in space!

MatterBeam2 karma

What do you think of the development of railguns, lasers and anti-ballistic missiles greatly reducing the threat of ICBM-delivered nuclear weapons?

How would this affect international relations, if MAD was less certain than it is today?