Can we have a space elevator thread?

I feel like we haven't had one in a while. Let's start with some recent news:

Bigelow calls on Trump to sharply increase NASA spending
archive.fo/4M63e

UK 'space junk' project highlights threat to missions
archive.fo/434Eu

Chinese astronauts return to earth after longest mission
archive.fo/q558P

What do guys think will be the next big frontier in space exploration? Some things we can discuss:

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pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/nature/perennial-agriculture/
space.com/34658-airplane-wing-actively-morphs-for-more-agile-efficient-flying.html
3ders.org/articles/20161118-china-successfully-3d-printed-its-1st-pressure-vessel-cylinder-prototype-for-a-nuclear-reactor.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_ring
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reuters.com/article/us-space-spacex-idUSKBN13C085
arc.aiaa.org/doi/pdf/10.2514/1.B36120
arxiv.org/abs/1611.04135
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twitter.com/SFWRedditGifs

I want an image of a rocket going into space with a faded out, superimposed image of Trump laughing in one corner and a crying negro in another.

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Embed related is Gary Johnson's O'Neill cylinder dream. Good watch at any rate.

I fully expect BLM niggers to chimp out when Trump announces that the money that was meant for "rebuilding" the inner cities goes to space exploration instead.

Space elevator is a meme invented by civil engineers in order to take jobs from us aerospace engineers. Nothing to see here folks.

SpaceElevator was a guy that made threads about science news you newfaggot.

is Trump going to kick that "muslim outreach" space nigger out of nasa?

Literally never seen it

Literally a newfag