EvMick@aol.com wrote:
> A short while ago there was a discussion concerning orbital towers....earth
> to geosych. The asertion was made that using a novel approach and hi tech
> materials such a structure was possible with today's tech.
>
> If a twenty thousand mile hi structure is possible then how much more
> possible is a two or three hundred mile high structure?
>
> More to the point....how useful would such a structure be?
>
> Other than being the world's highest antenna I have an idea.
>
> Power Generation. Being that high there must be some voltage differential
> between ground level and the top...out of the atmosphere.
A very good idea, the power differential between in and out of the atmosphere is
two fold: solar ions and temperature differential.
>
> Plus...it would be a departure station for a pinwheel.
Like a Trebuchet. Building a trebuchet (balanced of course) would give a good
boost at the end, though I doubt that you could add more than a few percent of
orbital velocity. There would be occilation problems from the pinwheel as well,
induced from when mass is flung.
-- TANSTAAFL!!!Michael S. Lorrey Member, Extropy Institute http://www.extropy.org Member, National Rifle Association http://www.nra.org "Live Free or Die, Death is not the Worst of Evils." - General John Stark
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