Sorry I haven't been around much. No internet at the new house, and my sibs and I are working 12-hour shifts six days a week in a meat packing plant that is two hours from home.
Anywho, Crica-2016 Roughriders might be able to pull something like this off. Even more likely around 2020. At that time they should have ample resources to pull of one, maybe two purchases of that magnitude.
Alos, Ben is just crazy enough to fix up some kind of mule/tug ship that can sweep right in and lift the sucker right out of drydock if needs be. It would be a huge and ungainly looking thing, and definitely a one-off. It works only because Ben looks at problems like this and immediately thinks "MOAR POWAH!!!" Really, that's what it boils down to - having enough lifting power just to get it up into orbit. From there, getting it to a suitable facility for refit is relatively easy.
Anywho, Crica-2016 Roughriders might be able to pull something like this off. Even more likely around 2020. At that time they should have ample resources to pull of one, maybe two purchases of that magnitude.
Alos, Ben is just crazy enough to fix up some kind of mule/tug ship that can sweep right in and lift the sucker right out of drydock if needs be. It would be a huge and ungainly looking thing, and definitely a one-off. It works only because Ben looks at problems like this and immediately thinks "MOAR POWAH!!!" Really, that's what it boils down to - having enough lifting power just to get it up into orbit. From there, getting it to a suitable facility for refit is relatively easy.