1. Very interesting. Although the yard long Nanotube sheets produced are highly conductive - i.e they make for perfect lightening rods. 2. Can yard long sheets...
... [Baughman release] ... Everybody: *please* understand that the word "produced" here, and the 7 m/min rate, applies to the *conversion* of already-grown...
You ever think that we will probably never see those Domes on the moon or mars? You know the ones that have a human colony living under them. Well with glass...
In order to win, a tether must be 150% (I think) of non-nanotube tethers. What numbers should we be expecting gpa-wise? Anybody know anything out there?...
... The challenge was for a 2-gram tether loop to beat the 3-gram "house" tether (itself not using nanotubes, AFAIK) by 50%. The best contestant, from...
... know ... gram "house" ... Well, I have gotten ahead of myself before, but doesn't that make it a 40% improvement beyond the strongest known tether-by...
There is an article on the Space Elevator competition that took place this weekend. (Free subscription required to view) ...
RanulfC@...
Oct 24, 2005 11:29 pm
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... Yes -- It's not all that propellant, but (1) the machines required to contain it and to burn it fast enough... and (2) the economic and organizational...
No domes on Luna -- no proper dome would work well with the pressure differential between one atmosphere and hard vaccuum. You could have a buried sphere, and...
... moon ... them. ... I read somewhere there might a hollowed out tubules underground on the Moon, just waiting to be pressurized with air. Domes are way...
We've known about this since 1986, when Scotty traded the formula for some plexiglas for the humpbacks. About time they got around to implementing usage. ... ...
The SE has to be built initially using a heavy lift rocket system of some kind. Who will volunteer (even with a profit) their rockets to build a space...
In a message dated 10/25/2005 9:55:29 AM Central Daylight Time, stevensb1971@... writes: The SE has to be built initially using a heavy lift rocket...
GEddieA95@...
Oct 25, 2005 4:06 pm
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"The Capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them." -- V.I. Lenin There will be no problem placing the contracts when the time comes. No ...
... Short term a space elevator does represent a threat to existing business. Long term it represents a fantastic opportunity; rockets will still be needed to...
Sorry to get off on a political/historical tangent, but... ... A very cynical quote from Lenin... yet very telling. 1) If he needed the rope in the first...
... the rope in the first place, it just shows how the system of capitalism could produce the things that communism could not produce. 2) Given 1, why would...
... I agree. Randy [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
RanulfC@...
Oct 26, 2005 4:05 am
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... You don't have that great a pressure differential. You 'top' the dome with layer of water. Keeps a lot of that nasier stuff out too :o) (The figures...
RanulfC@...
Oct 26, 2005 4:08 am
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... Probably not the 'conflict' you think it is. The SE would be able to move large amounts of cargo overall, but not people or large cargo pieces. Besides, ...
RanulfC@...
Oct 26, 2005 4:12 am
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Interesting stuff about this problem: http://www.dunnspace.com/home.html Cheers, Vasco...
... Yep... I've been tracking the "big dumb booster" line of thought since Robert Truax in the 1960s. Like all schemes for greatly increased lift to orbit...
... Which part? The whole site is great... :o) Randy [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
RanulfC@...
Oct 26, 2005 9:51 pm
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... Uhm, "left turn at I'll-Be-Quirky?" :o) Randy [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
RanulfC@...
Oct 26, 2005 9:54 pm
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SWNT production research is vast right now and not just for space elevators. The University of Texas had a nice breakthrough and demonstration a couple of...
... I agree with Randy's assessment. There has been a lot of talk about Heavy ... taken into consideration. Many companies and individuals have plans that...
Thanks Brian, excellent information. I need to add, however, that I also believe that the eventual threat of nuclear propulsion (thermal or ion) along with a...
... I hope you're right, but I have my doubts. You can see the climate <ahem> for fission power plants improving, but it's a slow process. My guess is it will...
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