Posted on 09/17/2019 8:26:32 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
Scientists have proposed a method to connect the Earth and the moon with a cable that will allow us to travel between them, but the European Space Agency isn't convinced
Two astronomers from the University of Cambridge and the University of Columbia have proposed a plan for a kind of elevator between the moon and the Earth.
Have you ever thought about what it would be like if we could just hop in an elevator, press a button, and head up to the moon?
According to the scientists' calculations, it would be possible to construct such a structure using existing technologies. The concept is "eminently plausible and may have been overlooked as a major step in the development of our capacity as a species to move within our solar system," they said.
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Yeah, but you know some clown is going to get on there right after you and push all of the buttons.
Note: The editors of Business Insider are crazy....
... and then let one rip!
Yup, and the orbit would also have to be perfectly circular, not elliptical as it is now. "Apogee-whiz, there goes our cable!"
Brilliant!
Where is Roebling?
Everybody wants the old Kraut engineers to improve our “technical standards”!
Not much demand for the guys involved with chain bridges?
Space Tethers have been a concept since 1895.
I had always heard of ‘space elevators’, now I see that is just a small subset!
Thanks.
Like the,Missouri Boat Ride, from The Outlaw Josey Wales.
Time WaRNER Cable? Psssst- Time warner- theres no one up there to get your channels- not a sound business idea
That would be a major improvement for Comcast.
No one there to hate them!
Harry Chapin can do it.
Even if it is anchored to a geosynchronis satellite instead of the moon, the other end must be anchored to the earth. The forces on the “leash” as the earth rotates would be enough to prevent the satellite from remaining in orbit unless it were of extraordinary mass. Those forces would be caused by friction (drag), the earth’s rotation, and anti-centripetal forces. Variations in wind velocity as storms pass through would raise havoc with calculations of the drag forces, causing the satellite to whip back and forth.
Don’t fool with mother nature.
Ralph Kramden is very interested.
Every simulation I have seen for stuff like this make too many assumptions. The physical forces that need to be accounted for I am sure we a)Don’t know them all, b) the ones we do know we don’t understand them well enough to do this.
I think Businesses Insider has a low budget AI system that slices and dices the originals while adding flashy keywords.
But everyone knows ‘only the gods dwell in the details’.
Some actual detail:
Such a cable would have considerable mass. So to stop it from falling, it would have to be balanced at the other end by a similar orbiting mass. The entire elevator would then be supported by centrifugal forces.
The short answer is it wouldn't work.
Click ‘read the whole story 823 words’
A better synopsis.
If it is not grounded, it is not safe
A GFCI will work in an ungrounded circuit.
Sometimes you feel a quick ‘shot’, so I have been told.
A pan flute arrangement of “In-A-Godda-Da-Vida” would be about the right length...
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