Certainly, no less practical than a space elevator. Terry
On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 2:22 PM, Edmund Storms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How many airplanes need to hit a tether or kite to bring the method to an > end? How many up and down cycles will the tether survive? How many > lightening strikes on a wet tether must occur before the tether breaks? > In short, this method has no hope of being practical. > > Ed > > Jed Rothwell wrote: > >> Google is putting $5 million into this. If they have that kind of money >> for kites they should invest in cold fusion. >> >> I still think laddermill kites are impractical. What are they going to use >> for the tether? What can stand up to 100 MW?!? >> >> Using kites as auxiliary sails on large ships is a good idea. >> >> - Jed >> >> > >
