I suspect the design of the vehicle would take that into account. I'm generally uninterested in the feasibility of the star tram - but the magnetic levitation component of the design is of particular interest
A On Feb 19, 2013 3:50 PM, "Russell Seitz" <[email protected]> wrote: > Andrew, things leaving a long, gently-sloping evacuated tube at orbital > velocity will interact with the stratosphere in much the same way as the > object that entered it over Chelyabinsk last week. > > On Tuesday, February 19, 2013 10:13:10 AM UTC-5, andrewjlockley wrote: >> >> Hi >> >> I came across the 'Star Tram' concept some time ago >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**StarTram<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarTram> >> >> The proposal is for a long, gently-sloping evacuated tube. This is >> magnetically-levitated at one end, and anchored at the other. It's >> for launching payloads to space. If it is indeed possible to use >> magnetic levitation to lift something so massive, then surely creating >> some kind of magnetic elevator to carry sulphur to the stratosphere >> wouldn't be too tricky? >> >> I am unable to assess the credibility of the startram idea, or >> understand its purported working principles. Can anyone shed light on >> this? >> >> A >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "geoengineering" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
