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Posted on 12/10/2008 7:41:35 AM PST by Clint Williams
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To: Clint Williams
So the space elevator is going down?
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posted on
12/10/2008 7:42:36 AM PST
by
kimmie7
(***sigh***)
To: kimmie7
It got the shaft.
(Hey, one bad pun deserves another!)
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posted on
12/10/2008 7:44:07 AM PST
by
Jonah Hex
("Never underestimate the hungover side of the Force.")
To: Clint Williams
How about a space Escalator? ;)
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posted on
12/10/2008 7:45:45 AM PST
by
lovecraft
(Specialization is for insects.)
To: Clint Williams
As with all such ideas, the devil is truly in the details.
One such detail, btw, would have been actually deploying the thing in the first place. Turns out that just dropping the cable would require an immense launch campaign.
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posted on
12/10/2008 7:47:36 AM PST
by
r9etb
To: Clint Williams
285,364,283rd floor please
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posted on
12/10/2008 7:48:56 AM PST
by
Pistolshot
("Democrats don't show respect, they just demand respect " - ClearCase_guy)
To: Clint Williams
Coriolis force on the moving climbers would cause side loading that would make stability extremely difficult,Well there's a twist.
Seriesly, though, from the time I first heard about this I thought the coriolis forces would be a deal-killer for it. Anything that can create a hurricane in the lower levels of the atmosphere is going to be absolutely devastating on a structure that tall.
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posted on
12/10/2008 7:49:01 AM PST
by
SlowBoat407
(Do not read this tagline.)
To: lovecraft
maybe stairs or a ladder....??
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posted on
12/10/2008 7:49:50 AM PST
by
tatsinfla
To: Clint Williams
Simple rockets can probably beat the space elevator in terms of cost. I’m talking about private industry, not government-funded space shuttles.
Though space elevators and other concepts can still be viable on the moon and Mars.
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posted on
12/10/2008 7:50:17 AM PST
by
Brett66
(Where government advances, and it advances relentlessly , freedom is imperiled -Janice Rogers Brown)
To: Clint Williams
This is the equivalent of the “studies” 25 years ago that said Missile Defense would never be possible because “you can’t hit a bullet with a bullet”. It is simply too early in the research cycle to say what is and is not possible when we haven’t even developed the nonofibers that would be the building blocks of the cable.
To point out obstacles that ultimately would have to be overcome is fair. However to issue judgments on project viability before these and other obstacles can be addressed is not science, nor is it engineering.
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posted on
12/10/2008 7:52:22 AM PST
by
tlb
To: tatsinfla
maybe stairs or a ladder....?? The Americans with Disabilities Act requires a space ramp with a slope no greater than 1 inch per foot horizontal distance instead of stairs.
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posted on
12/10/2008 7:53:24 AM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(11/4: The revolutionary socialists beat the Fabian ones. Where can we find a capitalist party?)
To: Clint Williams
“determined that the concept is not stable.”
Something I noted when it was first discussed.
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posted on
12/10/2008 7:59:07 AM PST
by
edcoil
(Looking for a new tagline - do you have one I can use?)
To: KarlInOhio
well then those ideas are out or the aclu will be on my a**
To: Clint Williams
I was wondering how long it would take for reality to set in. And, if the thing ever broke... What a ride THAT would be! Insurance policy would cost a few bucks.
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posted on
12/10/2008 8:01:04 AM PST
by
Right Wing Assault
("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
To: Clint Williams
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posted on
12/10/2008 8:02:29 AM PST
by
mysterio
To: Clint Williams
They should start with a stairway to heaven.
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posted on
12/10/2008 8:02:34 AM PST
by
weegee
(Sec. of State Clinton. What kind of change is it to keep the Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton Oligarchy?)
To: Clint Williams
A really long rope? Maybe?
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posted on
12/10/2008 8:04:36 AM PST
by
naguszed
To: tatsinfla
How about a giant space pulley system?
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posted on
12/10/2008 8:06:15 AM PST
by
weegee
(Sec. of State Clinton. What kind of change is it to keep the Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton Oligarchy?)
To: Pistolshot
285,364,283rd floor please No matter how high, there will always be somebody that wants to get off on the second floor...
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posted on
12/10/2008 8:07:16 AM PST
by
rjsimmon
(1-20-13)
To: naguszed
A really long rope? Maybe? Mmmm. Could BE!
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posted on
12/10/2008 8:07:16 AM PST
by
weegee
(Sec. of State Clinton. What kind of change is it to keep the Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton Oligarchy?)
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