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space elevator hits 1 mile mark
The space elevator hits the one mile mark, for anyone that has not herd of this device it is a fascinating concept. Almost sounds like a scam but the science behind it is legit.
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Re: space elevator hits 1 mile mark
Been following that for quite some time...pretty awesome... 
The power generation offshoot is amazing as well...
The power generation offshoot is amazing as well...
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Re: space elevator hits 1 mile mark
A mile? Looks like 1500 feet to me. 
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Re: space elevator hits 1 mile mark
See here:
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In this phase of testing, conducted earlier this month in Arizona, LiftPort successfully launched an observation and communication platform a full mile in the air and maintained it in a stationery position for more than six hours while robotic lifters climbed up and down a ribbon attached to the platform. The platform, a proprietary system that the company has named "HALE" (High Altitude Long Endurance), was secured in place by an arrangement of high altitude balloons, which were also used to launch it. The robotic lifters measured five feet, six inches and climbed to a height of more than 1500 feet, surpassing its last test record by more than 500 feet.
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Bad link. 
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Re: space elevator hits 1 mile mark
It must have just went down. Was working before.
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Bad link.
worked this morning. Google on space elevator though. I think Issac Asimov (science fiction author) was the first to state the idea. He also was credited with Geosychronus satellites if I remember correctly)
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Right, a temporary platform....with balloons, anyone can do that (with enough money, that is). The elevator itself only climbed 1500 feet though.
I think the climbers are self powered also. There was a concept at one time that some of the power could come from the line itself (static potential or something, I can't remember)
EDIT: Also remember than the climber is going up a nanotube construction without breaking it
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Re: space elevator hits 1 mile mark
Let me know when the climber reaches the top.
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I think the climbers are self powered also. There was a concept at one time that some of the power could come from the line itself (static potential or something, I can't remember)
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Re: space elevator hits 1 mile mark
Anything is possible. There is very little out of our reach.
Think about it. About 100 years ago Doctors warned that the human heart would stop at speeds as great as 50 + MPH. Many of us here on this site hit 3 times that mark on the track.
Airplanes were a thought at one time.
Can you imagine the response to the early thoughts of a Helicopter?
What about a man walking on the moon? This happened about 30 years ago and people still have trouble believing it.
How crazy would a microwave oven sound to people in the 1800's ? All they had were wood-burning stoves.
I think the idea of a Space Elevator is nuts, but I still believe it's do-able with the right resources.
Think about it. About 100 years ago Doctors warned that the human heart would stop at speeds as great as 50 + MPH. Many of us here on this site hit 3 times that mark on the track.
Airplanes were a thought at one time.
Can you imagine the response to the early thoughts of a Helicopter?
What about a man walking on the moon? This happened about 30 years ago and people still have trouble believing it.
How crazy would a microwave oven sound to people in the 1800's ? All they had were wood-burning stoves.
I think the idea of a Space Elevator is nuts, but I still believe it's do-able with the right resources.
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Re: space elevator hits 1 mile mark
The SSS had one but we took it down since it kept slicing flying saucers in half Great for looking down on minions while it lasted though.
Great for looking down on minions while it lasted though.
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Re: space elevator hits 1 mile mark
sweet. so who's up for the first "elevator" ride to space?
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Re: space elevator hits 1 mile mark
1 down 61,999 to go.
why put off today what you can wake up late and forget to do tomorrow.
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