REM%IMSSS@SU-AI.ARPA (Robert Elton Maas) (11/18/86)
<HS> Date: 14 Oct 86 18:46:27 GMT <HS> From: adelie!axiom!linus!utzoo!henry@ll-xn.arpa (Henry Spencer) <HS> Subject: recursive compressive members as alternative to filling with gas > ...Still, you have to transport from the Sahara, it would be nice to > be able to deliver to some point on Earth not near Libya, <HS> Actually, the Australian desert is probably better than the Sahara for a <HS> number of reasons, political stability among them. And wasn't there some recent article about Australia setting up a multinational spaceport, the first in the world, on their northern coast? Having the launch&return port and also a large desert landing area for payloads in the same general area (and under the same government) would seem to have economic advantages.