dmarc117 Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 http://www.mondolithic.com/06Gallery08.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sores Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 http://www.mondolithic.com/06Gallery08.htm 1293937[/snapback] of all the pictures on that site, this is probably the dumbest one....some very cools ones there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajncajn Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 of all the pictures on that site, this is probably the dumbest one....some very cools ones there. 1293989[/snapback] The Space Elevator Comes Closer to Reality Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliaz Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 The Space Elevator Comes Closer to Reality 1294030[/snapback] No way that ever works. In order to maintain orbit an object has to reach speeds of 17,000 mph, the elevator would be stationary and therefore would be as fast as the earth rotates, 1000 mph. Therefore any object taken to the top of it would re-enter the earth atmosphere within mintues. (http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/answers/970401c.html) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 From June 2004. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrograde assault Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 cool, I'd love to live to see some of the stuff that will happen in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajncajn Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 cool, I'd love to live to see some of the stuff that will happen in the future. 1294061[/snapback] You just did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrograde assault Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliaz Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 science is the devil! Heretics! Burn them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 No way that ever works. In order to maintain orbit an object has to reach speeds of 17,000 mph, the elevator would be stationary and therefore would be as fast as the earth rotates, 1000 mph. Therefore any object taken to the top of it would re-enter the earth atmosphere within mintues. (http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/answers/970401c.html) 1294049[/snapback] You need to make it long enough so that centripetal force counteracts gravity. Only the bottom of the elevator would be traveling at 1000 mph. The further away it gets, the faster the top travels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliaz Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 You need to make it long enough so that centripetal force counteracts gravity. Only the bottom of the elevator would be traveling at 1000 mph. The further away it gets, the faster the top travels. 1294138[/snapback] Ahhhh touche' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ts Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 "For a space elevator to function, a cable with one end attached to the Earth's surface stretches upwards, reaching beyond geosynchronous orbit, at 21,700 miles (35,000-kilometer altitude)." So...if you are in the space elevator, going "up" a total of 21,700 miles how long do you have to listen to the elevator muzak? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrograde assault Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 "For a space elevator to function, a cable with one end attached to the Earth's surface stretches upwards, reaching beyond geosynchronous orbit, at 21,700 miles (35,000-kilometer altitude)." So...if you are in the space elevator, going "up" a total of 21,700 miles how long do you have to listen to the elevator muzak? 1294165[/snapback] depends on the speed of the elevator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furd Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 depends on the speed of the elevator. 1294166[/snapback] well, is it an African or European elevator? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylive5 Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 The Space Elevator Comes Closer to Reality 1294030[/snapback] Wonder if this was tried a very long time ago with disasterous results? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 Wonder if this was tried a very long time ago with disasterous results? 1294343[/snapback] My thought too. I wonder if this would bring religious objections? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McNasty Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 Can you imagine being stuck on that elevator with a good looking woman and really having to fart? That'd be one long ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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