Subject: What is the best way to move one billion pounds into space?

We were talking about the mass of the earth in class today and how it doesn't 
change.  Things get moved around when we build things, but you can't create 
mass out of nothing, and you can't get rid of mass unless you send it into 
outer space.

So, that got me thinking.  What if you wanted to get rid of mass- a lot of 
it... Say one billion pounds in 30 days.  Why?  Just because.  And you can't 
build a fleet of space shuttles.

Money, man power, and current construction limitations are not an issue.  What 
would be the best way to do it?  Here's my solution- (could it work?)  You 
build 10 huge springs, if you could load each spring and fire it once a minute 
with a 2,000 pounds, in a month you would be able to launch about a billion 
pounds...

Now if the springs were built on top of Mt. Everest that would help cut down on 
the amount of atmosphere to have to go through...

Would it be possible to launch 2,000 pounds into space using a huge spring?
What other "non-conventional" methods could possibly work if money and current 
construction limitations were not an issue?

Thanks for your time.  It's fun to think about different what if scenarios like 
this!

Re: What is the best way to move one billion pounds into space?