Seriously... the Space Elevator!

DeepIron · 10-03-08, 06:55 PM

Actually, the space elevator concept is entirely viable. The biggest issue has been the lack of a material strong and light enough to span the distance. Now that nano carbon tube technology has taken root, it's only a matter of time... The physics to operate it are dirt simple, mass and centrifugal force... "the flywheel effect:...

As for aircraft crashes, I'm pretty sure there would be a "no fly zone" installed...

Task Force · 10-03-08, 06:56 PM

Terrorists dont care about no fly zones.

Look at 9/11.

CCIP · 10-03-08, 08:51 PM

We're not talking about a thin wire here however (more likely it would start with a single strand and later be built up into a large, bulky structure), and we're also talking the strongest material in the world (which is exactly what they're working on for it). An airplane crashing into it might destroy communications and disable the operation of the elevator for some time, but it wouldn't seriously damage the structure itself.

Blacklight · 10-03-08, 09:53 PM

This is the company that's working on the project. I've been following them and their research for YEARS.
http://www.liftport.com/

Task Force · 10-03-08, 09:55 PM

Ill let you all take a ride before me.

Blacklight · 10-03-08, 10:08 PM

Quote:

Task ForceExactly.

This will never happen, Just think what would happen if a plane crashed in to it.

The first version of the space elevator will be retractable. They plan to reel out the cable from a station in the middle of the Pacific near the Equator. It will be pointed pretty much in the East direction as the rotation of the Earth will hold it up and help keep it stable. Once it's unreeled, they can send payloads up the cable into space and then just retract it so it won't be up all the time. It's not going to be permanently unreeled and reaching to space all the time.

Task Force · 10-03-08, 10:21 PM

The real question is. Who would want to spend money to go up in a elevator to space? Would the cost realy be worth it.

I mean theres nothing to see in space, except. well space.

10-03-08, 06:55 PM	#1
DeepIron Sea Lord Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Too far from the Pacific right now... Posts: 1,634 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Actually, the space elevator concept is entirely viable. The biggest issue has been the lack of a material strong and light enough to span the distance. Now that nano carbon tube technology has taken root, it's only a matter of time... The physics to operate it are dirt simple, mass and centrifugal force... "the flywheel effect:... As for aircraft crashes, I'm pretty sure there would be a "no fly zone" installed... __________________ RFB / RSRDC Beta Tester RFB / RSRDC Modding Forum: http://forum.kickinbak.com/index.php RFB Top Post link: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=125529 RFB Loadout: RFB_V1.52_102408: RFB_V1.52_Patch_111608: RSRDC_RFBv15_V396

10-03-08, 06:56 PM	#2
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Terrorists dont care about no fly zones. Look at 9/11. __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

10-03-08, 08:51 PM	#3
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	We're not talking about a thin wire here however (more likely it would start with a single strand and later be built up into a large, bulky structure), and we're also talking the strongest material in the world (which is exactly what they're working on for it). An airplane crashing into it might destroy communications and disable the operation of the elevator for some time, but it wouldn't seriously damage the structure itself. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

10-03-08, 09:53 PM	#4
Blacklight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,507 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	This is the company that's working on the project. I've been following them and their research for YEARS. http://www.liftport.com/ __________________ Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud. "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes !"

10-03-08, 09:55 PM	#5
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Ill let you all take a ride before me. __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

10-03-08, 10:21 PM	#7
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	The real question is. Who would want to spend money to go up in a elevator to space? Would the cost realy be worth it. I mean theres nothing to see in space, except. well space. __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

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