No the concept was not Clarke's it was first developed by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (complete with a lot of the calculations) a russian scientist two centuries ago. I always thought it was rubbish because of the nature of the atmosphere and weather but as long as they're pumping their own money into it I have no problem. In the unlikely chance they do succeed they will revolutionize not only space travel but humanity
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No the concept was not Clarke's it was first developed by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (complete with a lot of the calculations) a russian scientist two centuries ago. I always thought it was rubbish because of the nature of the atmosphere and weather but as long as they're pumping their own money into it I have no problem. In the unlikely chance they do succeed they will revolutionize not only space travel but humanity