Steve Schear wrote:
My preference is the space elevator. In simple terms, the space elevator
is a ribbon with one end attached to the Earth's surface and the other end
in space beyond geosynchronous orbit (35,800 km altitude). The competing
forces of gravity at the lower end, and outward
At 08:31 AM 2/5/2003 +, Peter Fairbrother wrote:
It's a nice idea, but it needs a tensile-strength-to-mass ratio equivalent
to holding a girl and her mother up by a single thread of her 10 denier
stockings. Not easy to achieve. You'd need carbon nanotubes or the like, and
at the moment we
At 04:17 AM 2/5/2003 +, Peter Fairbrother wrote:
me again.
Space transport:
I like the two-stage-to-orbit solution for humans, with the booster stage
piloted. The maths works well. I don't know about scramjets etc for the
booster, but a few rockets would do, with an aero fuselage to take off
Steve Schear wrote:
My preference is the space elevator. In simple terms, the space elevator
is a ribbon with one end attached to the Earth's surface and the other end
in space beyond geosynchronous orbit (35,800 km altitude). The competing
forces of gravity at the lower end, and outward
me again.
Space transport:
I like the two-stage-to-orbit solution for humans, with the booster stage
piloted. The maths works well. I don't know about scramjets etc for the
booster, but a few rockets would do, with an aero fuselage to take off and
land. Using current airline technology mostly.
At 08:31 AM 2/5/2003 +, Peter Fairbrother wrote:
It's a nice idea, but it needs a tensile-strength-to-mass ratio equivalent
to holding a girl and her mother up by a single thread of her 10 denier
stockings. Not easy to achieve. You'd need carbon nanotubes or the like, and
at the moment we
me again.
Space transport:
I like the two-stage-to-orbit solution for humans, with the booster stage
piloted. The maths works well. I don't know about scramjets etc for the
booster, but a few rockets would do, with an aero fuselage to take off and
land. Using current airline technology mostly.
At 04:17 AM 2/5/2003 +, Peter Fairbrother wrote:
me again.
Space transport:
I like the two-stage-to-orbit solution for humans, with the booster stage
piloted. The maths works well. I don't know about scramjets etc for the
booster, but a few rockets would do, with an aero fuselage to take off
