[quote=@BingTheWing] Weeeell, if you're referencing Alaska's population before 2040, it grew bcuz of y'know, lots of oil and stuff, so more jobs, and some immigration here and there. Also, it's 2103 - there's got to be more than seven billion of us on the planet. And as for the diesel engines, [url=http://www.livescience.com/34475-how-do-space-rockets-work-without-air.html]this might help.[/url] [/quote] Except Oil by this point would be hopelessly archaic because everyone would have shifted to different energy sources, and your technique of getting into space belongs to a process probably abandoned nearly a hundred years ago due to oil shortages and technological advances. As for your population theories... no. China can barely support that level of active service military, let alone Alaska, which only has 700,000 citizens currently, whilst China has 1.5 billion. Has this actually been accepted at all?