Architectural Design for 99.99% of a space elevator but does not solve for main problem of the tether
by noreply@blogger.com (brian wang) from NextBigFuture.com on (#2HKY7)
Architects have a system is referred to as the Universal Orbital Support System (UOSS). It calls for placing a large asteroid into orbit over earth, a high strength cable can be lowered towards the surface of earth from which a super tall tower can be suspended.
1. There are future plans to move a small asteroid (a few tons and may 2 to 3 meters across -but even moving a small asteroid has not been done
2. Moving a big asteroid would be theoretically possible but would need to have a 100% foolproof methodology because mistakes could cause a giant asteroid to collide with the earth. Ask the dinosaurs how much of a problem that is. Also, even if they get the big asteroid into the right orbit, terrorists could put a rocket on it to accelerate it and de-orbit it.
3. This design is basically 99.99% of a space elevator. The problem of a high strength cable is it has be perfect carbon nanotubes or graphene and about a million tons of it that is 40,000+ miles long.
4. Making the space elevator cable for any payload weight is an issue and the architects have placed a giant skyscraper at the end of it.
They state that the new tower typology is suspended in the air, it can be constructed anywhere in the world and transported to its final location.
This misses the point of the main problems with the concept. It is like choosing the paint color of your faster than light spaceship.
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1. There are future plans to move a small asteroid (a few tons and may 2 to 3 meters across -but even moving a small asteroid has not been done
2. Moving a big asteroid would be theoretically possible but would need to have a 100% foolproof methodology because mistakes could cause a giant asteroid to collide with the earth. Ask the dinosaurs how much of a problem that is. Also, even if they get the big asteroid into the right orbit, terrorists could put a rocket on it to accelerate it and de-orbit it.
3. This design is basically 99.99% of a space elevator. The problem of a high strength cable is it has be perfect carbon nanotubes or graphene and about a million tons of it that is 40,000+ miles long.
4. Making the space elevator cable for any payload weight is an issue and the architects have placed a giant skyscraper at the end of it.
They state that the new tower typology is suspended in the air, it can be constructed anywhere in the world and transported to its final location.
This misses the point of the main problems with the concept. It is like choosing the paint color of your faster than light spaceship.
Another designer Bombardier tosses out hypersonic plane designs while leaving propulsion and materials to worked out by others
Charles Bombardier's hypersonic jet concepts are complete vaporware vehicles.
Read more