Bearcats Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 Cool artist rendering of a space elevator.http://www.mondolithic.com/06Gallery08.htmI would love to take a ride on that elevator. Not for those with acrophobia.Discuss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrBear Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 I don't know how long the ride is, but that would be a long time to hold in a fart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eRay Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 ohhh shiiiiiii, that looks real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJR118 Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 over/under 20 seconds before it falls over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Clemente Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 over/under 20 seconds before it falls over If it fell over like a tree, it would actually wrap itself around the planet. I think I heard that this thing is supposed to stretch almost to the moon.--Roger "Time?" Clemente. Follow me on Twitter if you care: @Animal_Clans.My opinion may or may not be the same as yours. The choice is up to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAD! Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 The space elevator has been in the drawing board for a few years now. I don't know how far they are, but it does seem interesting. But I have to wonder what might happen if it does break. You have to worry about climate, strength of structure and possibly terroist attacks. http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/te...r_020327-1.html I saw, I came, I left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearcats Posted February 20, 2006 Author Share Posted February 20, 2006 The space elevator has been in the drawing board for a few years now. I don't know how far they are, but it does seem interesting. But I have to wonder what might happen if it does break. You have to worry about climate, strength of structure and possibly terroist attacks. http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/te...r_020327-1.html Hey quadival, do you frequent SDC too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winters in buffalo Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 The space elevator has been in the drawing board for a few years now. I don't know how far they are, but it does seem interesting. But I have to wonder what might happen if it does break. You have to worry about climate, strength of structure and possibly terroist attacks. http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/te...r_020327-1.html Based on the explaination in this article of how it stays in place - tethered by gravity at one end and kept under tension by the outward centripidal force at the other - if it broke, everything below the break would fall back to Earth. Anything above the break would fly off into space like the string of a helium balloon. Breaking it would be difficult. Sounds as though the tether would be made in a similar fashion as the steel cables that support bridges. Only they will be made from carbon nanotube, which have got to be thousands of times stronger. Interesting concept. I wonder how realistic it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paynomind Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 I read an article the other day about a scientific team who was testing some cabling for a potential space elevator, and they got one several miles high with great stability and strength.Its an interesting idea, that I'm positive will take place in our lifetimes. NCFA Sunset Beach Tech - Octopi ΓΔΒ! Going to college gets you closer to the real world, kind of like climbing a tree gets you closer to the moon. "...a nice illustration of what you get when skill, talent, and precedent are deducted from 'creativity.' " - James Howard Kunstler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nafsder2003 Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 I'm interested in how they could actually go about constructing it...I mean...obviously you can't have scaffolding that reaches the moon...and there's not enough room to assemble it all on the ground and then upright it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtex Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 obviously you can't have scaffolding that reaches the moon... The cable doesn't go to the moon... just far enough out that the object lifted into space won't come crashing back down to Earth when released from the elevator. The elevator would only stretch just under 22,000 miles, the moon is well over 200,000 miles away.But I think its sad how we can beam 20ton payloads into orbit with a laser, but we can't make cars that go further than a few hundred miles without being recharged. We have the technology to make fossil fueled vehicles ancient history, but not the desire nor initiative. Let's fix problems on Earth first before we meddle in space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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