Colonising Space/Access to space
From AdCiv
- Multi-stage rocket
- Aircraft piggy-back
- Scramjet
/ rocket hybrid, such as the single stage to orbit (SSTO) Skylon launch vehicle - Balloon platform
- Firing objects out of a giant gun like HARP
- Other theoretical methods
- Linear motor assisted launch from high altitude terrain
- Space elevator (carbon nanotubes are of the required strength)
