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Attaching conductive cable to orbital object
A heavy, lengthy--say 20-30 km long--conductive cable attacjed to an Earth
orbiting object (the Shuttle), tests have shown a considerable electric charge being generated as the cable speeds through Earth's electromagnetic field, question is: Would the cable's mass and extension (length) decay or other wise modify the object's orbit over time? (also consider an asteroid or comet with a cable attached as a hypthetical scenario.) R. Henry Nigl www.exoptica.com |
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Attaching conductive cable to orbital object
Google for terminator tether.
Regards Carsten Nielsen Denmark |
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Attaching conductive cable to orbital object
rhnl wrote:
field, question is: Would the cable's mass and extension (length) decay or other wise modify the object's orbit over time? (also consider an asteroid or comet with a cable attached as a hypthetical scenario.) Well yes, of course. So what you do is put current INTO the wire, generating thrust and boosting it back up. Maury |
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