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Space-elevator tether climbs a mile high
New Scientist ^
| 2/15/2006
| Kimm Groshong
Posted on 02/15/2006 10:24:11 AM PST by Neville72
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posted on
02/15/2006 10:24:12 AM PST
by
Neville72
To: Neville72
You know the rules...
What? There are no rules about posting pictures for articles about space elevators?
Oh. Nevermind.
To: new cruelty
Where did you find that picture?
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posted on
02/15/2006 10:29:26 AM PST
by
Neville72
(uist)
To: Neville72
One of the future versions:
Somebody say .....'TIMBER!!!!!!!!!'
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posted on
02/15/2006 10:29:28 AM PST
by
spetznaz
(Nuclear-tipped Ballistic Missiles: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol)
To: new cruelty
Maybe my geography is a little off, but that thing looks like it is stationed in the Carribean. No chance of a hurricane/tornado/tsunami/whatever knocking it down?!
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posted on
02/15/2006 10:30:07 AM PST
by
Windsong
(Jesus Saves, but Buddha makes incremental backups)
To: new cruelty
HAHAHAHA!!!!
NIce theory, but given wind currents, the torgue of the spinning earth and terrorists wanting to blow it up... it can never happen...
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posted on
02/15/2006 10:30:46 AM PST
by
Zavien Doombringer
(Mr. Franklin, what form of customes did you create in Tiajunna? A beeber, Madam, if you can stune it)
To: Windsong
The real plans have it anchored with a floating drill rig like structure at the equator in the eastern pacific. No flight lanes in that area and very little bad weather.
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posted on
02/15/2006 10:32:00 AM PST
by
Neville72
(uist)
To: spetznaz
The drag on the planet will slow the orbit and might change it causing more and more global warming and the deaths to millions of people in poort country.
Once again the white man is trying to destroy the minorities of the world.
/sarc off
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posted on
02/15/2006 10:32:24 AM PST
by
edcoil
(Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
To: Neville72
To: Neville72; KevinDavis
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posted on
02/15/2006 10:32:48 AM PST
by
Fiddlstix
(Tagline Repair Service. Let us fix those broken Taglines. Inquire within(Presented by TagLines R US))
To: Zavien Doombringer
Smarter people than you sany it can and WILL happen.
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posted on
02/15/2006 10:33:08 AM PST
by
Neville72
(uist)
To: new cruelty
I was going to add liftport space elevator porn showing the actual robots used in the tests, but I could not find any recent photos in their
galleries...
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posted on
02/15/2006 10:34:01 AM PST
by
The Electrician
("Government is the only enterprise in the world which expands in size when its failures increase.")
To: Windsong
It's the Island of Celebes in Next to Borneo, near Indonesia
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posted on
02/15/2006 10:34:19 AM PST
by
Zavien Doombringer
(Mr. Franklin, what form of customes did you create in Tiajunna? A beeber, Madam, if you can stune it)
To: Neville72
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posted on
02/15/2006 10:35:41 AM PST
by
Zavien Doombringer
(Mr. Franklin, what form of customes did you create in Tiajunna? A beeber, Madam, if you can stune it)
To: The Electrician
space elevator porn
To: Neville72
A 62,000 mile elevator.
The MUZAK trip from hell
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posted on
02/15/2006 10:37:54 AM PST
by
kidd
To: Windsong
It's physically impossible to have hurricanes or tornadoes on the equator, at least.
To: Zavien Doombringer
On every single space elevator thread I've ever seen people bring up terrorism as a reason not to build it.
I don't get it. Are we supposed to be terrified to build anything in case terrorists attack it?
And it's a single point with very limited access. Easiest thing in the world to defend.
To: Zavien Doombringer
NIce theory, but given wind currents, the torgue of the spinning earth and terrorists wanting to blow it up... it can never happen...Didn't Gozer the Destroyer come as a giant Torgue one time?
Also, if most of the structure is outside of the atmosphere, the drag on the bottom will be relatively insignificant.
I think.
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posted on
02/15/2006 10:41:37 AM PST
by
SlowBoat407
(The best stuff happens just before the thread snaps.)
To: Zavien Doombringer
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