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This is really laughable. The laws of physics don't bend to humanities will. Space exploration in general has been a constant exercise in doing our best...
If it's left to people like you, we'd still be trying to put the man into orbit.

The technology isn't there yet
That's what you think... you do think occasionally, right?

and everyone talking about space elevators or factories in space when the best money can buy right now for the ISS are tubes just big enough for an American and Russian astronaut to move past each other.
Lack of money does not equal lack of know-how. That bit should be self-explanatory.