The NASA Advanced Planning and Integration Office (APIO) is requesting input for the development of high-level roadmaps. Submissions are sought in the...
Hi, I'm new here. I'm very excited that the space elevator is now a serious consideration, and that people who can really make it happen are talking about it....
Hi, you might want to also join the nsecc group on yahoo, it seems to be a much more active group now than this one. Be aware though, that both of these groups...
... Greetings, earthling. ... Careful. If it's the *only* way, it doesn't have to be any good. There are other things one can do with cables that have a high...
G'day space cadet, Another in my series of scatology spreading here. Questions: Do we really need the assistance of the same agency that brought us the...
I'm quitting the group. I think our intelligence can be better utilized on more important/pragmatic projects like making an efficient electric car. We should...
Adam
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Nov 13, 2004 8:08 pm
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OK SPACE CADETS! RE:QUITTER Here's a prime example of what I feared would happen. LISTEN UP PILGRIMS! WE AINT DOING A GOOD ENOUGH JOB IF SOMEONE THINKS...
... I'll do that. ... Perfect. That's just what I'm interested in. ... Isn't this one of the missions of the ISS? To grow carbon nanotubes in zero-gee that...
How is it "THE SOLUTION TO EARTHS PROBLEMS!"? The people of earth are killing each other in large numbers every day because of oil. How will a SE help them? I...
Adam
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Nov 13, 2004 9:31 pm
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... I don't think reliability has historically been electric cars' main problem, cf. http://tinyurl.com/7xnkk . Perhaps the minds you mention could solve the...
Hi Oh Noble Name-sake, Adam Electric cars need electricity and guess what? Space has more than enough on tap to solve our energy dependencies indefinitely. One...
... Because heaven knows nothing we find or do elsewhere could ever help us solve a problem at home. ... Including the erosion of the Bill of Rights? -- Anton...
... I hope you don't mean that literally. Disagreements about relative importance are not only inevitable, they are what makes commerce and thus society...
G'day again space cadets, To emphasize the seriousness of those of us that I believe are trying to kick start a new era for humanity. I hesitated to enter into...
Well, we can bitch and moan about it, but it does not make the SE any more doable right now. The fact is that to build the SE we need the high-strength CNTs...
I saw the NASA white paper invitation and thought of something to write about, but would like to first discuss my concerns and ideas with people who know NASA....
... Never mind that Malthus's thesis depends entirely on the assumption that population outpaces productivity. Malthus did not live to see the consequences of...
... Resources are not finite quite in the way you imply - what constitutes a resource is technologically, economically and socially determined, as well as...
... Nevertheless there are limits, set by the nature of physical law. I don't remember the source, but there was a description once of a hugely overpopulated...
G'day all, I read here and there about tapping the SE for "infinite" power. How does that scenario work? Just putting tens of thousands of solar panels in...
G'day back at you space cadet, Well as to Tether power tapping. When I put the question out Blaise Gassend replied that the energy produced wouldn't be...
Hello, This is my first post to this board. Thanks to those who started it. I am excited by last launch of the scramjet project of NASA's Dryden Flight...
I think the objection was that a SE is not moving much in the Earth magnetic field so not much of a current is generated. The satellite experiment was done at...
Well, my thinking is that there are two different technologies, the SE and the rotating tethers. The two are somewhat incompatible, in that you do not want a...
Hi Andrew, I'm in Cambridge. I don't have time for an elevator 2010 participation, but I am always looking for people interested in doing analysis. What kind...
so the test came and went. It will be interesting to see who will pick up the lead now. I think I read that the Australians are trying to pick up their ...
FROM HTTP://.COM "Terminator Tether Article" Here's how it works: The Terminator Tether is bolted onto the satellite during construction. Once launched and...
I believe the scramjet will help with SE deployment. Scramjet could reduce to cost for LEO. To deploy the first SE will require 800 to 1000 tons of ribbon that...
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