... I agree. Good point about the angle of the sun's rays during these (eclipse) events. That still does not mean that it is intuitive to me that there would...
Dear Ranulf and others, ... I hope you don't mind me adding your skyhook description to Tether propulsions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tether_propulsion . ...
Easy enough to do but I think that the copyright owner may object, are you having a problem following the links? If so there may be something that could be...
Hi Jo, Excellent question. I had never bothered to work out a detailed solution. Here is a bit of analysis, that assumes that power is transferred through the...
I explored this idea a bit with Ben, but he dismissed it. I never did quite work out why. Andy Andrew Price C.T.O. HealthSpace Integrated Solutions Ltd. ...
If we consider two SE (tapered) and climber's two hand will hold one with each SE. Now one SE is moving up (releasing ribbon [rope] from ground), which is...
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brian.dunbar
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Aug 16, 2004 3:33 pm
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Some news in elevating via space: http://omega.twoday.net/stories/302957/...
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_vie w <http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_vi ...
LiftPort Group is proud to announce the opening of its online store. Here you can purchase a large array of Space-Elevator related merchandise including...
brian.dunbar
brian.dunbar@...
Sep 4, 2004 11:02 pm
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All, The new site for the NSS space elevator chapter is up and running. For those who are intreseted the url is:http://www.nsschapters.org/nsecc/ Bert...
One major difference. The X prize is a one time payment. This new contest will have a cash payment, but the real prize will be that the company that builds it...
From what I have heard, most of the X prize guys also have business plans beyond the X prize. I'll agree that the payoff they are expecting is less than they...
... Certainly Rutan-Allen are, by a factor of 2 or 3. On the other hand the daVinci Project entrant is being done with tons of donated time and materials, and...
Brad Walsh
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Sep 7, 2004 1:10 pm
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Space elevator dry run: next stop, the Moon by Sam Dinkin Tuesday, September 7, 2004 http://www.thespacereview.com/article/220/1 In The Space Elevator by Brad...
brian.dunbar
brian.dunbar@...
Sep 7, 2004 5:46 pm
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... Is it clear that this guy has no idea? You can't simply conclude that because surface lunar gravity is 1/6 of Earth that the tether only has to be 1/6 as...
... Interestingly, that's not really true. There are two possible locations for lunar SEs: extending toward the Earth from the nearside lunar equator through...
... So Bob (or anyone else with proper insight)- What is the required tensile strength of the material for either an L1 or L2 Lunavator cable (ribbon)? (I am...
... Both kinds of rotation generate their own forces. The rotation of the Moon about its axis, as the SE rotates with it, generates on the SE a centripedal...
... the ... a ... in ... the ... generates ... After posting this, I thought about it. I realized that in the case of an SE at L2, you are in fact right. The...
... Well, I could quibble and say that I was talking about the mechanisms _holding up_ the three SEs, and the L1 SE is not being held up by its rotation around...
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