... Absolutely! Who did Henry Ford hire to help build his first mass produced motor vehicles? Wagon makers! Even though the very thing they would build...
... I don't understand this statement. Why do you think there is an upper limit on the capacity of a space elevator? If you need more capacity, build a thicker...
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/2004/0930niac_phase1. html item # 3 in the above link shows a 'teethered' kind of 'counterweight' for the...
Hi Peekay, You were briefly a member of the other Yahoo group I am involved in, Videoblogging. The thing to do before posting to any such group is to read up a...
... Actually, that's completely wrong in the case of the Lunar L1 (nearside) SE, and partially wrong for the L2 (farside). The NASA page is wrong; you read...
yep.. u r right i did a bit of 'searching' in the past messages and did come across several posts in which my query has already been covered being new here and...
... It has been said there is not a reasonable upper limit to the capacity of an SE. Assume this is true; is there a size limit imposed by our ability to...
... I posted a year or so back that at some kg/km level the standard Edwards comeback to Red Mars fears -- "the lower portion would burn up or flutter down...
... I haven't read _Red Mars_, and the first page of hits on Google didn't reveal the design of the space elevator proposed in it. That said: I would think a...
Some ideas of specific (but guesstimated) numbers: Suppose we wished to lift the Knock Nevis (http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Knock_Nevis), currently the world's...
"It will provide better services than the smaller rockets but will not be able to do the job of the heavy lifters." This quote was intended for the inital...
If the cost per pound for using SE is orders of magnitude less than an ELV, then payload should be modularized and transported to orbit in sections. The total...
At first I set my preferences to receive only special notices, and I got none. Later, I suddenly started getting all new posts in my e-mail. I changed my...
... Meteor damage is not likley to be an important consideration when looking for the size limit on space elevators. Meteor vulnerability does not depend on...
... deposits ... I agree with Andreas' post, except that all the energy of an impactor is likely to be released in the impact volume irrespective of thickness....
I'll be on David Livingston's Space Show (www.thespaceshow.com) tomorrow, starting at noon Pacific time. We'd be happy to hear from you during the show;...
... You're right, and thanks for the clarification. I was careless in using mass as a proxy for width (which matters a lot) x thickness x density (which matter...
... Well, in that post I was just observing that at some combination of mega-SE ribbon dimensions and density, the Red Mars scenario of damage on the ground...
... I have trouble believing this when the meteorite is thicker than the ribbon, which in my understanding is thinner than paper. There is not enouch ribbon...
... ... This is a very interesting train of thought. I think what causes the reluctance of things to burst into flame at the slightest spark is that a spark...
I listened to the show and let me say that I respect and understand your opinions but I am going to respectfully disagree with most of your statements...
... If we disagree, it's over timing and scale. I do believe -- and hope -- suborbital "barnstorming" will find a niche. What I question is how soon that niche...
"If we disagree, it's over timing and scale." Fair enough. And, I agree with your comment about terrestrial applications paying for future space objectives....
The private launch firm SpaceX will loft its Falcon 1 rocket on Nov. 25, marking the booster's maiden flight and hopefully the first of many space shots to...
From: "spacelifejunkie" <SNIP>Finally, most people also forget that technology is not growing linearly but exponentially in almost every field. What took ten...
hi Question? What type of cleaner are we using? !$ tons of dirt,pollution,water,ice...etc... Be one tough window washing job. Just never caught the part of the...
"The reason rocketry technology can't even maintain a linear growth rate is that the 9.8m/ss figure doesn't change." I would agree with you that rocketry won't...
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