Hail, Columbia! by Michael C. Tuggle Think of the space shuttle as a fractal element of the Federal government. Fractals, you'll recall, are those bizarre,...
Technotranscendence
neptune@...
Apr 1, 2003 11:08 am
1754
... This is mostly an anti-war rant, has relatively little to do with NASA and absolutely nothing to do with Space Elevators. I may agree with his position,...
... Well, the definition in the second sentence is accurate, but I agree that the word is elsewhere misused as a fancy substitute for something like...
We have an endless list of communication avenues to discuss political issues on the internet. The assholes who think their entitled to violate non-political...
... The asshole responds: I apologize. I didn't realize one freaking post would destroy the whole list. I'm astounded at my power. I'll try to keep it in...
Technotranscendence
neptune@...
Apr 3, 2003 2:08 am
1758
I'll explain it to you: The self-important intellectual masturbaters on this list are better/smarter than you. Deal with it! They have!...
The following is meant as constructive criticism. I am not responsible for mis-reading, hurt feelings or general irritation on your part. The description of...
Brian Dunbar
Brian.Dunbar@...
Apr 3, 2003 5:36 pm
1760
Has a conveyor belt and/or block and tackle system been explored? It seems moving the ribbon and hooking the pods to it would 1.) lessen the weight of the...
Joe Rabita
jrab1964@...
Apr 4, 2003 1:15 am
1761
... From: Joe Rabita [mailto:jrab1964@...] Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 8:16 PM ... The major problem is that the ribbon has to taper; it must be...
... this reminds me of my proposed 'elevated geodesic platform' (to coin a phrase) comprised of (e.g.) 30 rather long struts connected by 120 tendons, yielding...
Why do I see so much mail lately from folks who don't use the very well established standard notation for quoting? I'm not motivated to reconstruct who said...
... I kinda like the idea of running a conveyor belt up one side and down the other. Seems like it would make the "climbers" become "riders" instead. However,...
Has this way been tried? instead of using a cable you could use a huge hollow cylinder made of for example balloon cloth. The cylinder would also be subdivided...
The structure you propose would not be able to support any large weight at the top where atmospheric pressure is lowest, unless that weight was supported using...
The idea is you can lift a heavier weight because the tether is supported all the way by the balloons. While at the top you might not get as high an altitude...
... From: scifiben [mailto:Benjamin.Sibelman@...] Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 5:09 PM To: space-elevator@yahoogroups.com Subject: [space-elevator] Re: ...
Brian Dunbar
Brian.Dunbar@...
Apr 11, 2003 10:17 pm
1774
I don't know much about it. the guy who put this together often posts at the bulletin board below under the name "success machine" or SM. You might ask him...
From what I saw on that site, it looks like his idea is to hang a tether down from GEO, and have airplanes fly to the bottom of the tether. This is at least...
I thought so, the strain on the tether must be enormous. ... From: Ed Minchau To: space-elevator@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2003 5:33 PM ...
I've been working on a related idea to the space elevator. The idea is to construct a craft to go into an elliptical orbit and dip into the atmosphere. Each...
Please take a look at: http://www.SpaceSettlement.ORG This is a plan to encourage space development by promising to reward successful ventures with Lunar or ...
... idea is to construct a craft to go into an elliptical orbit and dip into the atmosphere. Each time a scoop on the craft intakes air to compress and freeze,...
I don't think this would be much of an incentive at present, since if you can get to the Moon or Mars no one is going to stop you from building whatever you...
Comments below in Italics. ... idea is to construct a craft to go into an elliptical orbit and dip into the atmosphere. Each time a scoop on the craft intakes...
... guide consider this scenario. Each scooper has a cargo hold similar to the size on the space shuttle and each can get say 10 cubic meters of eventually...
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