best link ive found so far. http://www.data4science.net/essays.php?EssayID=850 hmm, i think its the same one you are talking about. I THOUGHT there was another one done, but i could be wrong.
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 1:58 PM, Stephen A. Lawrence <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 01/25/2010 03:39 PM, Alexander Hollins wrote: >> unfortunately, space elevator research has stalled due to a lot of >> issues with voltage differentials in the upper atmosphere. The last >> test I heard of of stretching a ribbon between the ground and leo, >> after it got about 5 miles long, it vaporized in a discharge, acting >> as a ground. not pretty. > > I don't recall that. > > I know the tethered satellite experiment done on the Shuttle failed with > a burned cable, but I hadn't heard of any further work with long tethers > after that. > > I'd be interested in hearing more about the 5 mile cable drop-and-fry > from LEO, if you have a link to more info. > > >> >> On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 1:34 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: >>> If the space elevator people succeed the rest will be easy. I would include >>> the elevator advocates and experimentalists in the top ranks of those >>> promoting space travel. >>> >>> I don't know how much support NSS is giving elevators but they should be a >>> top priority. NASA, unfortunately, gave the elevator people the frozen boot >>> years ago, in favor of retro-design rockets. >>> >>> - Jed >>> >>> >> > >
