== Keith Lofstrom == || {{http://www.keithl.com/kpic1small.jpg}} ||I am a 56 year old mixed-signal integrated circuit designer in Beaverton, Oregon, USA, which is about 10 miles west of Portland. My personal web page is [[http://www.keithl.com/|www.keithl.com]]. I invented the launch loop in 1981, after working on a couple of other kinds of energy-storage launch systems. || A recent [[ http://launchloop.com/slides/SEsky | presentation ]]. A recent [[ Upsidaisium | silly ]] presentation.