Space Elevator

At 10 metres per second, which is a reasonably fast pace vertically, it will
take 46 days to climb a Space Elevator to geostationary orbit. Has anyone
considered the amount of consumables needed to accompany any crew on such a
journey?

daedalus stelde dit idée voor :
At 10 metres per second, which is a reasonably fast pace vertically, it will
take 46 days to climb a Space Elevator to geostationary orbit. Has anyone
considered the amount of consumables needed to accompany any crew on such a
journey?

Why use an elevator?? The Apollo crew's went to the moon in 4 days.

André

"daedalus" wrote in message
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At 10 metres per second, which is a reasonably fast pace vertically, it
will
take 46 days to climb a Space Elevator to geostationary orbit. Has anyone
considered the amount of consumables needed to accompany any crew on such
a
journey?


Gee... let's see. Umm yeah I think we just went through this.

"André, PE1PQX" wrote in message
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daedalus stelde dit idée voor :
At 10 metres per second, which is a reasonably fast pace vertically, it
will
take 46 days to climb a Space Elevator to geostationary orbit. Has anyone
considered the amount of consumables needed to accompany any crew on such
a
journey?

Why use an elevator?? The Apollo crew's went to the moon in 4 days.

Because in theory you can do it a lot more cheaply with an elevator.



André

This topic keeps on coming back again. A mere simple look at how orbital
mechanics work, would suggest that in order to keep the 'top' of the
elevator in orbit, a balancing mass going up from the orbit would be
required due to the orbit being calculated at the centre of the mass. If you
are changing this, as you would be with an elevator, then having it lop
sided in this way will simply destroy the orbit your target or top is at.


Brian trying to keep it simple, as this matches his brain.

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"daedalus" wrote in message
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At 10 metres per second, which is a reasonably fast pace vertically, it
will
take 46 days to climb a Space Elevator to geostationary orbit. Has anyone
considered the amount of consumables needed to accompany any crew on such
a
journey?


Gee... let's see. Umm yeah I think we just went through this.

"Brian Gaff" wrote:

A mere simple look at how orbital
mechanics work, would suggest...

And a simple look is what you offer... no question about that.

Monte Davis
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