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Wouldn't it be easier to add some rope pulling the capsule to compensate for the air resistance? Or would it add too much "noise" because of the imperfections o
by kgabis 9y ago
Wouldn't it be easier to add some rope pulling the capsule to compensate for the air resistance? Or would it add too much "noise" because of the imperfections of such system?
- ballenf 9y agoI was thinking a electromagnetic rail controlled by precise sensors combined with very powerful gyroscope would also work. Probably still need to evacuate some of the air.
- horstbort 9y agoThey're building something similar in Hannover: https://www.hitec.uni-hannover.de/einsteinelevator.html https://www.hitec.uni-hannover.de/einsteinelevator.html
- bronson 9y agoSure, the rope could pull an evacuated chamber, inside of which another chamber could fall without much noise. (assuming you could handle the velocity and stretch in that much rope. thrusters are probably easier) The longest vertical shaft you're likely to find is around 3km, which gives you a little over 20 seconds of freefall and a couple seconds of violent deceleration. But the problem is, you're dealing with acceleration squared. The Bremen tower already does almost half that time (9.3s with the slingshot), so it's probably not a big enough difference to warrant the effort and travel.