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This is a bit off topic but I always thought the easiest way to build a space elevator was from space lowering it down to the planet. Not building it ground up.
by jmatt 17y ago
This is a bit off topic but I always thought the easiest way to build a space elevator was from space lowering it down to the planet. Not building it ground up.
That being said I'm all about more amateur involvement and less regulations. Or to say it another way, regulations should not be the limiting factor like it is today.
- russell 17y agoI think it's the only way to make them. You start at a geosynchronous orbit and play out a cable towards earth and another as a counterbalance towards outer space. The counterbalance can be used to launch payloads towards the planets.
- whacked_new 17y agoThat probably means amateur involvement in space elevator projects will remain sparse, because it is now mostly a material science / nanoengineering problem. No super-high-speed adrenaline-pumped flying into the sky here. But once somebody gets up there (and stays up there), different story :D Alas it looks like a far-fetched idea. The hope is that fuel costs don't become prohibitive when it comes around.