By when will the first non-traditional launch of an orbital payload happen?
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72%
2050-12-31
50%
2040-12-31
34%
2035-12-31
24%
2032-12-31
Space elevators, launch loops, mass drivers, spin launch, whatever. Anything that gets at least 1/3 of its delta-V from something not a rocket counts. From the surface of the Earth, Moon, Mars, or anything else with at least the Moon's escape velocity, to orbit or escape. Payload must survive enough to transmit from orbit or do something useful.
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