Space elevator newsgroup?

Is there a newsgroup, public or private, seriously devoted to space
elevator science and discussion?

I ask because I'm writing a novel based on space elevators, and I'd
love some discussion, but I really don't have time to sort thru
bazillions of posts.

If not, can anyone direct me to a forum where there is really serious
discussion about the concept? I've found quite a few forums where such
is being discussed on the web, but nothing quite like what I am
searching for.

Cheers to all, and keep dreamin'

A

Andy wrote:

Is there a newsgroup, public or private, seriously devoted to space
elevator science and discussion?

http://www.liftport.com/forums/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/space-elevator/

Andy wrote:

Is there a newsgroup, public or private, seriously devoted to space
elevator science and discussion?

No.

I ask because I'm writing a novel based on space elevators, and I'd
love some discussion, but I really don't have time to sort thru
bazillions of posts.

sci.space.policy is a reasonable place to ask questions.


If not, can anyone direct me to a forum where there is really serious
discussion about the concept? I've found quite a few forums where such
is being discussed on the web, but nothing quite like what I am
searching for.

Cheers to all, and keep dreamin'

A

rocketech opined

I assume that you have read "The Fountains of Paradise" by Arthur C.
Clarke. It is difficult for me to imagine another, different novel
about a space elevator. It has all been said, or has it? Best of luck.

There is also /The Web Between Worlds/ by Charles Sheffield. It came out at
about the same time as the Clarke book.

P
Monte Davis wrote:
Andy wrote:

Is there a newsgroup, public or private, seriously devoted to space
elevator science and discussion?

http://www.liftport.com/forums/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/space-elevator/



-ash
Cthulhu in 2005!
Why wait for nature?

"Indistinguishable from Magic" by Robert Forward also has a rotating space
elevator as a central theme.




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I assume that you have read "The Fountains of Paradise" by Arthur C.
Clarke. It is difficult for me to imagine another, different novel
about a space elevator. It has all been said, or has it? Best of luck.
P
Monte Davis wrote:
Andy wrote:

Is there a newsgroup, public or private, seriously devoted to space
elevator science and discussion?

http://www.liftport.com/forums/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/space-elevator/

In article , Ash Wyllie wrote:
rocketech opined

I assume that you have read "The Fountains of Paradise" by Arthur C.
Clarke. It is difficult for me to imagine another, different novel
about a space elevator. It has all been said, or has it? Best of luck.

There is also /The Web Between Worlds/ by Charles Sheffield. It came out at
about the same time as the Clarke book.

And as an example of Sheffield's Curse, was so similar to Clarke's
that Clarke felt he had to write an introduction explaining that this was,
in fact, a complete coincidence.

Just changing the setting for the base of the tower should
have a huge effect on the plot: basing the tower in Equador, for
example, would be very different from putting it in Kenya or on
a sea-platform south of Singapore.
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