Incredulous: A vision of manned space construction, huge blocks to manipulate/store small spools, reaction thrusters to move stuff nearby - yuck, phooey!
Instead: Remote controlled semi-autonomous assembly machines. Low thrust, high specific impulse tractors, simple as possible construction techniques, reeling out cables with attached weight cars at the ends, robots that roll up and down the cable as they supplement/reinforce it. No rest stops along the cable! No vast factories!
WTF.. what keep the intermediary stations???geostationary orbit require about 35.786 km fo all objects no matter the mass of each. So the intermedary stations along the cabel are not possible. I that would be keeped by the cabel, it would make traction on the other point of cable in space, and change the orbit of that geostationary point.
You are the best. Thank you very much for everything you have posted, specially THE SPACE ELEVATOR. Thank you once again. The Idea given by Aurthur C. Clerk in 1950s. That great person live in my country, Sri Lanka since 1956. We should dedicate your great videos to him too.
yeah good luck with that, i dont see how anyone with the money or the know-how would find this method more effective or efficient than singular launches (atleast in the medium term).. how many "double ultra mega super lift" rockets are you planning to send into orbit? sending payload into orbit costs its weight in gold
This is why we should launch only a "seed" elevator just strong enough to support small "climbers" that add more ribbon material while climbing up the seed ribbon. Ultimately, we will have a wide enough ribbon to cheaply ship payloads up it (this is the main purpose of the project, to decrease the cost of access to space).
a space elevator does not need any stations attached to it. The first space elevator will likely only be one-way (up). There isn't even a need for a counterweight, as long as the elevator is 100000km long... the part above GEO acts as the counterweight holding the part below GEO up. And, the center of mass needs to be just slightly above GEO to keep it taut, otherwise the addition of a load would drag the center of mass below GEO.
Incredulous: A vision of manned space construction, huge blocks to manipulate/store small spools, reaction thrusters to move stuff nearby - yuck, phooey!
Instead: Remote controlled semi-autonomous assembly machines. Low thrust, high specific impulse tractors, simple as possible construction techniques, reeling out cables with attached weight cars at the ends, robots that roll up and down the cable as they supplement/reinforce it. No rest stops along the cable! No vast factories!
avid0g 2 years ago
lol i think probably just a bathroom break or something...the cars wont use fuel, they will be propelled by lasers
joh04667 2 years ago
whats this? a lego movie?
PsyChick098 2 years ago
bit outdated movie here ?
RijenRijen 2 years ago
LOL Like in Red Mars
shananagans5 2 years ago
we should make a death star!
UNSCSpartanClan 2 years ago 2
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dumbest idea ever. for what should we build a "death star". stop watching movies
crunk001 2 years ago
is this how the empire put the death star in space
bogsnorkler2 2 years ago 2
WTF.. what keep the intermediary stations???geostationary orbit require about 35.786 km fo all objects no matter the mass of each. So the intermedary stations along the cabel are not possible. I that would be keeped by the cabel, it would make traction on the other point of cable in space, and change the orbit of that geostationary point.
jerryaltman 3 years ago
can you tell me how are you going to get protect this huge ass thing from space junk like Meteoroids and micrometeorites ?
Johnp1212 4 years ago
oribital SMAC guns derr
GFGTZ 4 years ago
Any explaination how it works ?
Johnp1212 4 years ago
You are the best. Thank you very much for everything you have posted, specially THE SPACE ELEVATOR. Thank you once again. The Idea given by Aurthur C. Clerk in 1950s. That great person live in my country, Sri Lanka since 1956. We should dedicate your great videos to him too.
sltrukshan 5 years ago
yeah good luck with that, i dont see how anyone with the money or the know-how would find this method more effective or efficient than singular launches (atleast in the medium term).. how many "double ultra mega super lift" rockets are you planning to send into orbit? sending payload into orbit costs its weight in gold
Prossouw 5 years ago
This is why we should launch only a "seed" elevator just strong enough to support small "climbers" that add more ribbon material while climbing up the seed ribbon. Ultimately, we will have a wide enough ribbon to cheaply ship payloads up it (this is the main purpose of the project, to decrease the cost of access to space).
scifiben 4 years ago
yeah but the shorter the ribbon is, the less chance there is of it being hit by interplanatary debris
Caz53 5 years ago
a space elevator does not need any stations attached to it. The first space elevator will likely only be one-way (up). There isn't even a need for a counterweight, as long as the elevator is 100000km long... the part above GEO acts as the counterweight holding the part below GEO up. And, the center of mass needs to be just slightly above GEO to keep it taut, otherwise the addition of a load would drag the center of mass below GEO.
robotguy 5 years ago