... Yes, I remember, I called that a sputtering chain reaction back when we discussed it elsewhere. It could have been a show-stopper, but it turns out to be...
... No, no idea. It was on UK TV years ago. It was absolutely the minimum you could imagine- it was a wire going around in a cable. It did lift though. ... -- ...
... size, ... strength. I'm not exactly seeing how, but I've only been skimming this conversation. ... I'm all about flywheels. :-) Rub my nose in a previous...
... I don't think there is much, but it follows directly as a cross between the launch loop (particularly the circles where the loop turns around) and a...
I would say a 60 billion for a Star Tram is deal. More less half the price of the space station. Just for comparsion the 2009 US DOD budget is more than 600...
Just another thought on the swarm array: The diffraction limit says the transmitter antenna size needs to be proportional to wavelength, and the thinned array...
... Here is another very interesting link about superconducting cable in very practical utility applications since about 2000, when we were all very much...
As I recall the Sunshield episode of Discovery Project Earth considered a coil gun for launching lenses to deflect light away from Earth. The project called...
... To be feasible, both StarTram and coil gun will need to be designed in such a way that the energy needed during launch is first stored in the system, as...
Cool. That section is an excellent representation of the lost Wikipedia article I wrote back then. Seems like it survived better than I thought it would... ...
I agree. The Aerovator concept needs to be advanced. It is one of the few tether based ideas that is doable with today's tech, that can replace a rockets...
... Because the central area which is low in the atmosphere and not subject to skim equilibrium needs to be slow and short compared with the entire length, the...
... It probably could be. I'd be more than willing to collaborate with someone willing and able to do the grunt work, including further development of the...
This paper's main focus is on personal rapid transit systems, but the discussion on the history of disruptive tech pertains to space elevator and related...
... Another reference to the nuclear ramjet. It appears that the tech is in place to build an eletric ramjet. BTW this link refers to testing the jet by...
... An electric jet is interesting technology. It is quite likely easier to build and more efficient than a regular combustion jet. However, it has no...
... A rough comparison of electric ramjet to a 747 Engine A 100 miles aluminum dual conducter with a cross section 1 million circular mils rated to carry 500...
I'm thinking having a new group started called "cheapspaceaccess". This group would discuss any and all technologies, both SE or anything else, for getting...
Why don't we stop playing around with these light weight ideas like elevators and areovators and tethers and such. If we're going to talk about something...
... Pretty cool. The main bummer, IMHO, would be the many weeks that such a trip would take. Any vehicle short of a cruise ship would make for a rather long...
The real solution is to enlarge the charter to include aerovator and other "vators". As for "low cost to space" ideas, there are plenty of other unreasonable...
Jerry Irvine
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Jul 14, 2009 12:22 am
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Ian - Thanks for the link. The article almost makes the idea sound plausible. Grotleg ! CH Check out www.craigholmfiction.com ... From: Ian Woollard...
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