Nano-transistor self-assembles using biology
19:00 20 November 03
NewScientist.com news service
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns4406
There will be some pretty weird stuff happening over the next decade or so.
I sometimes wonder if we'll get our carbon nanotube fiber from biolo
t; in an aerodynamic regime, because, unlike the space elevator's
>> > center of mass, the distance to the Moon is variable. The
>> > Earth-Moon tether tip
> would
>> > spiral upward in latitude, and when the Moon was closer, the slack
>> > would
> be
>
--- Michael Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't know how much perturbation is expected, but
> remember that
> the center of mass is about 23,000 miles out. At
> those distances,
> GEO satellites carry rather small engines to correct
> for perturbations
> that accumulate over *decades* of
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(BFrom: "Joe Latrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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(B
(B
(B>
(B> Don't get me wrong
g, the distance is much greater. For another,
(Bover
(B> > much of that distance (past L1 toward the Earth), the forces of gravity
(B> > won't be significantly counterbalanced by sub-orbital centrifugal
(Bforces. A
(B> > space elevator's strongest point has to be
be significantly counterbalanced by sub-orbital centrifugal forces. A
> space elevator's strongest point has to be at its center of mass in GEO.
> The Earth-Moon tether's problem, not long after the growth of it has touched
> down on the surface of the Moon, is in anchoring it strongly
An amusing afterthought to my last:
You're flying from Tokyo to London, over the North Pole. The pilot
announces a rendezvous with the Earth-Moon tether tip. The plane touches
down on the landing pad there. Some people get off, others get on. A
passenger takes the seat next to you. He looks
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Obligatory quote from It's a Wonderful Life:
George Bailey: What do you want, Mary? Do you
want the moon? If you want it, I&
pull the Earth and Moon into
> each other? :-)
>
>
>
> John Sheff
> Cambridge, MA 02139
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"NANOTUBE
CABLE WILL CONNECT THE EARTH AND THE MOON"
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"NANOTUBE CABLE WILL CONNECT THE EARTH AND THE MOON"Andrew Yee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> InformNauka (Informscience) AgencyMoscow, RussiaContact: A.N. RedkinorL.V. MaliarevichInstitute of Problems of Microelectronics Technology and Extra Pure MaterialsRussian Academy of SciencesChernogolovka, Moscow Re
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