Greetings space cadets...getting back to Pravda, Russia on Tethers. Asking questions out of Pravda is easy. Getting the answers is hard. Last report on this...
... Phx I had to take a minute to respond. As a 40-something I'm probably in the last generation that caught the bug in the 60's, and remembers the wonder and...
Brad Walsh
epibeemie@...
Apr 2, 2004 4:44 pm
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Brad, thanks for the kind words and responding to my "plea"....where are you staying in St. Louis for the xprize? Peggy...
St. Louis is where the X Prize organization is, but the tries by Scaled Comp and Armadillo, if they happen, will take place wherever they and the FAA consider...
Brad Walsh
epibeemie@...
Apr 3, 2004 4:01 pm
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Live in Spacecoast Florida and read about Tx/Mx Xprize. I was a balloonist for 14 years and would like to see it in NM. Yes, the Gov. is very helpful in ...
Concerning weather impact on a Space Elevator: There was a rare hurricane in the South Atlantic. Some people may mistakenly think it was near the equator...
It was amusing to see such a group in existence, but straightened up after a first reaction. In an expanding and ever more accesible space, not to dream is a...
... 100000 km ... All the power required to attain orbit is beamed from the surface of the earth (or from a future solar power generation satellite) to the ...
Can it be aimed to connect two points on the surface of the earth by an enormous Arch? This may be more stable and safer than a tether or tower, even if more...
... Using a structure under compression would require significantly more strength than a structure under tension. Reaching only satellite GEO height would make...
Relating to this topic, does anyone have any sites relating specifically to the progress of carbon nanotube research (I'm sure there has to be some sort of...
I think this is a very interesting idea. However did it ever occur to anyone that there are more useful and economical uses for carbon nanotube cables? It...
... A lot of the news stories about CNTs focus on bridge-building and other structural engineering, or on CNTs as material for garments (don't ask me why), or...
Brad Walsh
epibeemie@...
Apr 13, 2004 10:24 am
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... I've got a couple of ideas: bring some plants and/or algae for oxygen (yeah, Biosphere 2 failed but that doesn't mean it couldn't work), anchor several...
... The idea of using multiple tethers linked like the spokes of a wheel at their GEO station points by a horizontal GEO tether, expanding over time into an...
Ed, thanks for the lead: from that group I found this "nanotech news site" run out of somewhere in Europe. http://www.nanotsunami.com I havent really checked...
Phxrizn is pronounced "Phoenix Risen" for those who have asked me. This is my Journey. In the "ilnear world", addressing space about space, I would like to...
I want to thank "Tom" for that website on www.nanotusunami.com. In looking at their website China has launched it's 1st nano-satellite 4-19-4 for nanodefense,...
Hi Phxrizn, Why don't you just get one of each brand of credit card. So that one of them is always accepted. My got much smoother the day I decided to have ...
Cheers Blaise, I was just trying to prove how far we have come in the information age. I do have several cards but people miss the point. The point being...
... Hi Peggy, I hope that's not true. Liftport say that it is less than 14 years to go. Actually 5102 days and 14 hours. See http://www.liftport.com/. ...
While I am convinced (after reading about the progress of CNT's) that the SE can be built within our lifetimes, I am skeptical of Liftport's optimism...
... a. We've been busy. b. A site redesign is in the works Which isn't to say that the website isn't important, but you have to spend your resources where they...
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