In a message dated 8/17/2005 11:48:51 AM Central Daylight Time, brian.dunbar@... writes: I don't get the resonance with Biblical themes. Sure, Tower...
GEddieA95@...
Sep 2, 2005 2:52 am
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Jacob's Ladder, Stairway to Heaven. http://bible.cc/genesis/28-12.htm http://www.gracecathedral.org/enrichment/brush_excerpts/brush_20031022 .shtml ...
... IIRCC, that 'shielding' is a thin layer around the aluminum 'cans' of the modules and is less 'radiation' shielding than micrometeor/debris shielding. So...
RanulfC@...
Sep 3, 2005 6:50 am
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Hi All, Extending the railway would not be difficult, but an escalator of some kind would be necessary to reach the top. Nevertheless, none of those facilities...
Living in Phoenix, AZ, for 30 years, I saw the effects of plastic radiation shielding on the plastic, itself. Each time a UV photon is absorbed, a plastic...
Again with the mountain tops! Top ten reasons we don't need and should not use a mountain top: 10. Topography generates weather. When was the last time you say...
... mountain top that didn't get blasted by wind now and again. > Someone finally raises a valid point against Mt. Kenya. As GIS data shows, Mt. Kenya (on the...
I can tell that most of you have never been to Kenya! Your suggestion is obsurde in the extreme. Aside from the fact that certain citizens of the country would...
... suggestion is obsurde in the extreme. > You are correct, sir (or madam as the case may be). I haven't been to Kenya, and I can tell that you haven't been...
JW, "Kenya is not a good SE site" was mistakenly started in response to "Re: Montaintop SE Base; besides security." Since your response is mainly related to...
... Disagreeing with your opinions does not make for an evil imperialist enslaver. It just means that .. there is disagreement. Give and take. Discourse. I'm...
... welcome ... No, I'm just shoot off my big mouth without thinking, putting my foot in it, sticking my head where the sun don't shine, etc., etc. My humble...
... Only if you consider 0.003% (one part in thirty thousand) to be a significant part of the whole. ... So you're going to all of this trouble to increase ...
... Not so fast! ... Or in other words, it adds 0.25% to the cost of the cable (the lower part of the elevator needs ~100x that much stuff above it to hold it ...
... thousand) to be a significant part of the whole. > So you expect the SE to be 150,000 km tall? Somehow I got the impression it would be about a third of...
... enslaver. It just means that .. there is disagreement. Give and take. Discourse. ... is worth more than a cup of warm spit - when you toss around goofy ...
... It's not that I "expect" it to be. You were talking about a loop, which means an untapered ribbon. The figures show that a loop with no pulley to supply ...
In a message dated 9/5/2005 1:39:11 AM Central Daylight Time, phil_number_one@... writes: I'm not saying that the Government of Kenya has no...
GEddieA95@...
Sep 5, 2005 6:55 pm
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... your figures would need a 1.6 billion ton counterweight. Think about it. > That sounds much more reasonable, and I did very strongly suspect that I was...
... it in Kenya will not deter attacks against it. > Correct---as If have said several times already. It needs to be a Kenyan project. Kenya must be the chief...
... If the CNT ribbon can't support itself with a 100+x% safety margin (x being the cargo load), then all designs that require a non-tapered ribbon are mute. ...
... As it pushes the ribbon up, doesn't it fly down to the ground? ... ditto ... This makes since, it drives the ribbon down and itself up. ... ditto. Both of...
... No, I think it's more a case of the anchor ship drifting except for the couple of times a week that they need to drag the ribbon back on station or out of...
... Since in space no one can hear you scream, all of the designs are mute. Some of them may also be moot. ... The station we're talking about is at an...
... the couple of times a week that they need to drag the ribbon back on station or out of the way of something. As long as the power beaming ships can know...
Some members of this forum seem unreasonably confident that bulk production of CNT sheets will match the theoretical strength in the near future. What do they...
I'm wondering if the SE will be carrying people to GEO? if so, did anyone simulate the radiation dose a astronaut will recieve? Because i'm thinking this will...
From: "phil_number_one" ... Night prank.) CNTs are suspiciously asbestos sized. But I doubt environmental contamination from a fallen ribon would rival that of...
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