To: el_chupacabra
My question is Why? Why would I want to go 22,500 miles on a friggin' elevator? And that's just to get TO space. And this bit about counting on Solar to power the thing? How much power do they count on it taking to power 13 tons 20, 000 miles? I've heard of this before, I think it is a scam.
16 posted on
06/25/2004 2:31:52 PM PDT by
johnb838
(When I hear "Allahu Akhbar" it means somebody is about to die.)
To: johnb838
I've heard talk of electric motors in the cab. Spend energy going up. On the way back down, you just reverse the drivetrain and your motors become generators. Breaking would be electric as well. Same thing as increasing the load on a turbine generator.
It sounds elegent, but it also sounds like something out of an Arthur C. Clarke novel.
25 posted on
06/25/2004 2:36:19 PM PDT by
Dead Corpse
(For an Evil Super Genius, you aren't too bright are you?)
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