[dba-Tech] Beam me up Scotty

Max Wanadoo max.wanadoo at gmail.com
Mon Nov 9 10:00:15 CST 2009


Good, interesting link there, Rocky.

The project I quoted though, was not mentioned and must be something else.
I don't think we need a physical structure.  What I mean is,  if we have
magnetism, which repulses, and we can  float huge trains on them, albeit a
few cms, and we have laser propulsion, we might,  one day, be able to have
enough motive potential to move off the planet.

Max


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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin
Sent: 09 November 2009 15:51
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Check this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_elevator

And I think this may be the book I'm thinking of - from the Wiki article:

In 1979, space elevators were introduced to a broader audience with the
simultaneous publication of Arthur C. Clarke's novel, The Fountains of
Paradise, in which engineers construct a space elevator on top of a mountain
peak in the fictional island country of Taprobane (loosely based on Sri
Lanka, albeit moved south to the Equator),

Rocky
 

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[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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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Heenan, Lambert
Sent: 09 November 2009 15:23
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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
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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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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Max Wanadoo
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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