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To: King Prout

Check out using a tether in orbit for power generation.


148 posted on 08/18/2006 1:10:49 PM PDT by RadioAstronomer (Senior member of Darwin Central)
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To: RadioAstronomer

1. does it work?
2. how long until it hits the energy in-out break-even point (equals/exceeds amount of energy needed to loft its mass into orbit and maintain that orbit)?


150 posted on 08/18/2006 1:17:35 PM PDT by King Prout (many complain I am overly literal... this would not be a problem if fewer people were under-precise)
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