To: Prophet in the wilderness
You put a large weight in roughly geosync orbit and run a very strong and lightweight cable back to earth. You hoist stuff up the cable like an elevator. If the cable is not strong, it breaks. If the cable is too heavy, it drags the geosync weight down.
33 posted on
08/18/2005 11:45:14 PM PDT by
staytrue
To: staytrue
I have to think more on that, for my other questions, but, wouldn't that heavy weight out in space be, well ? weightless ?
35 posted on
08/18/2005 11:51:20 PM PDT by
Prophet in the wilderness
(PSALM 53 : 1 The ( FOOL ) hath said in his heart , There is no GOD .)
To: staytrue
You put a large weight in roughly geosync orbit and run a very strong and lightweight cable back to earth. You hoist stuff up the cable like an elevator. If the cable is not strong, it breaks. If the cable is too heavy, it drags the geosync weight down Not really. The orbital mechanics are quite a bit more complicated than that.
51 posted on
08/19/2005 9:30:15 AM PDT by
r9etb
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