> -----Original Message----- > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 2:35 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: space shuttle columbia accident > > > A modified version of the concept is a rotating skyhook - it spins in > space coming just within the atmosphere and meets up with the > vehicle, and then flings it into orbit like a giant sling.
That's the tethered relay system I was talking about. Basically you can have a series of these spinning satellites that can fling the payload higher and higher. The extension is actually setting up relays at the LaGrange points and the moon - that way we could cheaply (if slowly) pass material to and from the moon (and the future space stations located at the LaGrange points). Scientific American has a good article about it here: http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000EE636-99E3-1CB9-B4A8809EC5 88EEDF&pageNumber=1&catID=9 (As an aside - I'm REALLY loving the fact that Scientific America has made it's article archive available online. I wish more mags would do this.) Jim Davis > larry > > > > > >> Actually, NASA has budgeted a nice chunk of cash for applied > >> research into this. Apparently the required material science > >> exists. > > > >Last I remember one of the best candidates was actually synthetic > >spider-web. Much stronger and more resilent than steel. Very cool > >stuff. > > > >Of course material costs are still prohibitive. Another option is a > >tethered relay system. Some work's been done in that direction as > >well. > > > >Jim Davis > > > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >> Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 1:10 PM > >> To: CF-Community > >> Subject: RE: space shuttle columbia accident > >> > >> > >> 0_0 > >> > >> Oh well now that's just ridiculous. > >> Superman I could understand but geez...skyhook.. > >> Guffaw! > >> > >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
