I can't believe it never occurred to us before! Just FLY to space! Boy I bet NASA's faces are red! Just imagine! All we'd need is a rocket powered sled that can sustain around 30 G's for a few hundred km, and we're right there! Duh! How could have overlooked this for so long!?
Whats that you say? "It liquify the passengers?" I'm sure the worked that out.
"Rocket equation?" Ah, but it's a rocket SLED!
"No atmosphere to generate lift past a certain point?" Psssh! They just have launch of the EDGE of the earth! Plenty of space to get up to speed!
Why, I bet men this smart will someday walk on the sun!
