[dba-Tech] Beam me up Scotty

Heenan, Lambert Lambert.Heenan at chartisinsurance.com
Mon Nov 9 09:40:35 CST 2009


We are actually agreeing, I just did not express myself clearly. The cable is not there to use as a hoist, it is indeed supposed to guide the payload up. The way in which the lifting force is applied is what all the testing / contests are about. Some are trying laser impulses, some have mechanical motive forces, but at the end of the day it's all about getting material into orbit with much less energy expended than rockets currently use.

Lambert 

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From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Max Wanadoo
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No, it is the force of the laser which takes it up.  The  cable, afaik, is there for stability.

Max


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The point of the cable is to use it to get things into space without using a rocket. The theory is that given a geostationary satellite (@ 22,000 miles
up) you could have a cable running all the way down to the ground and that could be used to get more stuff up there without rockets.

Lambert

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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Max Wanadoo
Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 9:58 AM
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What is the purpose of the cable?

If it is just to "guide" then why not use a laser beam?

Max


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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence
Sent: 08 November 2009 17:36
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That is real cool... I wonder what the effects of wind and weather would be on 35,000 km cable?

Jim


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Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2009 5:39 AM
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33737313/ns/technology_and_science-space/

The future is coming...

Max


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