Potential sites for such a complex include: Brazil, Kenya, Indonesia, and several sites such as Cape York which are slightly off of the equator. If problems such as intervenors, corrupt governments, excessive bureaucracies, and lack of cooperation in developing infrastructure cannot be negotiated away then the American and Japanese concept of building a floating city and SpacePort becomes the most viable solution. Equatorial Logistics Center Much of the material needed to construct power satellites could be launched using very high acceleration electromagnetic launchers. These systems consist of a long inclined tube surrounded by solenoids. Electrical current is rapidly switched through the solenoids and accelearates a cargo pod to an exit velocity of about 7 kilometers per second, which is approximately escape velocity. There are significant advantages to being able to locate such a system on the west facing side of a mountain and the higher the altitude the better because of reduced atmospheric drag. Desirable locations include Ecuador and Indonesia. There are a number of potential locations including building an auxiliary floating complex to a sea based spaceport. North-South Partnerships In order to integrate technologies into initiatives for economic development partnerships based on the economics of markets must be created. By coupling programs of appropriate technology at the local level to resources such as energy from space and water made available from High Tech macro-projects, developing nations would have, in bartered exchange for their support in securing frequency and orbital slot allocations, the physical and energy resources needed to effect large scale changes in agricultural practices as well as promote local and regional economic development in the rural areas of their countries. There also needs to be mechanisms which facilitate the strengthen of international cooperation between developed and developing countries. Developing energy from space with properly structured partnerships and networks would provide both the economic and national motivation for developing and making work North- South partnerships. Each grouping brings unique things of value to the negotiating table. The North brings space technology, capital, and hard currency markets. The South brings low cost skilled and unskilled labor for building rectennas and components for the space systems including launchers, political support for frequency allocations and orbital slots, a very large energy market, natural resources which can be exchanged for energy and development programs and sites for major ground based space facilities. The exact nature of the partnerships will depend on which countries and which companies within those countries want to participate. Structuring the partnerships or the multi-national networked enterprise will in part select the path that leads to implementation.
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