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Sir Hamster of Elderberry KWSN ArchBishop
Joined: 20 May 2002 Posts: 5117 Location: Beer City, Cheese Quadrant
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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 2:53 pm Post subject: Space Elevator, Revisited |
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Somewhere in the archive there is a lengthy discussion of space elevators from a few years back. Now there is an international contest on for development towards a space elevator.
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Sir Papa Smurph Cries like a little girl
Joined: 18 Jul 2006 Posts: 4430 Location: Michigan
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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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I read about that in some sci-fi book years ago and then somewhere else where they said it was scientifically possible, and I have wondered why it has not been done yet. It would also produce energy ( LOTS ) from what I understand.
Since we now have the capability of making diamonds, the only problem is getting it setup to begin with.
Edit: Well that was Quite different from the way I thought about it.
See this http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3401/02.html _________________ a.k.a. Licentious of Borg.........Resistance Really is Futile.......
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Al Dente Prince
Joined: 23 Feb 2006 Posts: 3228 Location: Leodis, the jewel at the end of the yellow brick road (or M1)
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Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 2:50 am Post subject: |
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For those who haven't met this concept (originally popularised by Arthur C. Clarke in The Fountains of Paradise) yet, here's how it works, with a slightly more thorough Wikipedia explanation.
I must admit that the prospect of this becoming a reality still, 30 years after first reading about it, excites me. One of my dreams is that we'll build one of these before my clogs are well and truly popped. _________________ Creationists believe they never evolved; I agree with them.
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Grizzly Prince
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