Australian bulk-payload delivery & spaceport nearby

[Robert Elton Maas]

<HS> Date: 14 Oct 86 18:46:27 GMT
<HS> From: adelie!axiom!linus!utzoo!he...@ll-xn.arpa (Henry Spencer)
<HS> Subject: recursive compressive members as alternative to filling with gas

> ...Still, you have to transport from the Sahara, it would be nice to
> be able to deliver to some point on Earth not near Libya,

<HS> Actually, the Australian desert is probably better than the Sahara for a
<HS> number of reasons, political stability among them.

And wasn't there some recent article about Australia setting up a
multinational spaceport, the first in the world, on their northern
coast? Having the launch&return port and also a large desert landing
area for payloads in the same general area (and under the same
government) would seem to have economic advantages.