"THIS IS STARTRAM, a proposed launch system that would use magnetic levitation trains, a 1000-mile tunnel, and a superconducting cable to reach low Earth orbit. Amazingly, we already have the technology to do it...at far less than the cost of rockets."


This concept, along with space elevators, has been a staple of science fiction for many years; it's nice to be able to see it as a potentially viable candidate for future space transportation.