as mentioned earlier,

 

credits to extension belongs to the R&D of the team working with Mr Musk,

 

not the competitors.

 

 

 

by foundation, to be clear,

 

 

what method is being used to construct these buildings?

 

giant CNC machines.

 

then if the competitors comes up with an design of those buildings utilizing the method,

 

that is the 'longtail' that follows.

 

of which any can do.

 

 

if to design something that will benefit from the payload of the space escalator,

 

that too, would essentially be - using my idea to get themselves be part of it.

 

 

R&D team can be credited with the expansion, but the competitors benefit?

 

no, for people who were aiming to 'take' the entirety. that's not very fair is it?

 

 

and indeed, some of my ideas are re-usage of the existing.

in the case with anything related to Space travel-

besides the space escalator, spherical ship, robotic hands for construction,

retractable/drill radius change machine, method of dig, method of excavation (mining)

 

CNC, laser, these are existing tools.

 

however, if nobody comes up with the idea and makes better use of it,

it stays useless....

 

it's because my other ideas exist that, these machines are better used,

more appropriately used, in my opinion.

 

so kindly give credit where it is due...