To: PCBMan
Check this out. View of earth from geosynchronous level of space elevator:
View of earth from the "bitter end" of the space elevator tether:
Yowza!
6 posted on
03/07/2006 5:50:43 AM PST by
Neville72
(uist)
To: Neville72
I've read that the purpose of the space elevator is to carry objects to orbit. I presume that the object is taken to its desired level and then "pushed" away (to get it away from the elevator) or uses thrusters to maneuver to its final destination.
I wonder, though, if an object was carried to the end of the device, which is presumably orbiting as fast as the Earth's rotation, if it then could be let go like a giant sling shot - possibly allowing travel to the moon...
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