... Somewhere on one of the related links, a millionaire has put up a $50 million prize for the first private orbiting spacecraft. I hope the government stays...
Even with suborbital launches and applying momentum-exchange tethers the cost of deploying the first SE should be reduced from the current estimates Please see...
I don't really know any of the numbers, but a quick web search found that L1 moves between just over 58,000km and just under 65,000km. So for an L1 SE to...
... That would be Robert Bigelow's "America's Space Prize" which is to, (hasn't been 'officially' announced yet) "...spur development of a low-cost commercial ...
RanulfC@...
Oct 4, 2004 8:51 pm
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... search found that L1 moves between just over 58,000km and just under 65,000km. So for an L1 SE to work, the tether must be around 65,000km or longer.<< I...
... Given that the Moon's orbit is inclined compared with the Earth's orbit, I wouldn't fret too much here. There will be an occasional instance (at most twice...
Please correct me if I'm wrong here, but if we created an L1 Lunar SE with a really long tether so that the c/w was in the vicinity of an Earth SE's c/w, then...
What would be the parameters for such a platform? Like, dimensions, weight capacity, altitude. And then regarding the a possible tether and climber, what about...
Well, I was thinking along quite a modest scale effort, but the scale should really be set by the experiments that would fund it. If, for instance, some...
You might find some discussion of this topic in the archives, I know we were on it a year or more ago. One comment from back then, which I seem to recall was...
Brad Walsh
epibeemie@...
Oct 6, 2004 2:31 pm
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Thanks guys for your comments, I will look up the archives and keep looking online. Is just that there are so many variables (e.g. size of platform, weight...
dear friends i am a law student and i am going to participate in "Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition" which is organised by International Institute...
Namaste J.: For images you might try http://www.isr.us/spaceelevatorconference/2004presentations.html space elevator - any way to get a payload from a...
Brad Walsh
epibeemie@...
Oct 8, 2004 2:46 pm
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Hi, For pictures, I would suggest going to liftport.com, they have quite a few computer renderings there. Here are some approximate definitions for you: space...
Attention, Fellow Science Geeks! <grin> The Science Channel has a marathon of classic science shows this weekend, and the one-and-only Don Herbert, aka Mr....
During a recent flight, the X-43 experimental scramjet reached Mach 7. Future flights should reach Mach 10. A vehicle that uses scramjet and liquid air cycle...
Dear Mr. Brad Walsh Thanks for ur kind reply. it was really beneficial for me. i would be obliged to know from u further queries in future. thanking you. Brad...
I thought I read recently that the X-43A program had run out of money and was going to be cancelled. At the last minute some unnamed government organization...
... NASA had it 'line-item' cancelled by Congress and wasn't going to get any more money to put into the project. ... The "un-named" agency was DARPA, and they...
RanulfC@...
Oct 11, 2004 6:28 am
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http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/10/08/1931236 "CDAC has announced the formation of a new form of hexagonal packed carbon similiar to diamond....
There was a message about this a few weeks ago. I don't think it is particularly relevant to the space elevator. This process apparently increases hardness,...
... These do not sound like the words of a successful cable advocate. ... http://www.eagle.ca/~gcowan/Paper_for_11th_CHC.doc -- How individual mobility gains...
For the Earth SE, strengths on the order of 100 GPa (this is a very rough number, largely because of the safety factor) are necessary, assuming a density of...
... The flights ... rockets. According to sources the White Knight WILL carry the Pegusus and the X-43A on it's last flight. My bad :o) Randy...
RanulfC@...
Oct 12, 2004 12:00 am
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Just passing it on--Roger Gilbertson really has done us all a service by digging this baby up! ... From: JSSDesign@... Date: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 1:12...
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