From: Terry Egan (tegan@ix.netcom.com)
Date: Mon Dec 30 1996 - 23:36:46 MST
There is another idea (popularized by R. Forward in various publications)
that he calls the "Space Fountain" or "Indian Rope Trick". It looks like it can
be built to any altitude and it fails gracefully; this not something that can be
said about either the Lofstorm Loop ( didn't one of the HeeChee books by Pohl
have the hero at ground zero of a Lofstorm Loop failure?) or the Lorrey Loop.
In addition, the Lorrey Loop would seem to require a vast amount of material.
end
Terry Egan
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