What happen to space elevator dude? I miss it
He was hired by Trump and exited the *chan market.
>>67371199
i took the space elevator this morning, but it only goes 20th floors up
>>67371199
how the fuck will it work. the earth fucking spins around and the elevator will be like it's giant dong
anyone?
>>67371257
More like he was hired my McDonalds and doesnt have time to shitpost here anymore
>>67371269
geosynchronous orbit
he just talked about cool shit that was going to come out
How fast does this thing fly away from Earth when the cable breaks?
>>67371391
The same speed as the elevator minus the gravitational pull of the Earth?
>>67371369
As someone who works with satellites I can say that it is completely retarded. We have to do adjustments on satellites every single fucking gay to keep them geosynchronous.
>>67371651
I thought the elevator cable is pulled tight by the counterweight 36,000 miles at the other end?
>>67371269
What is geosynchronous orbit.
He posted on the other /pol/ for a while after the exodus
>>67371687
As long as you can keep it roughly still, in the order of about 2-3 km deviation in terms of ground track, it should be doable, at least that's the idea (I still think it's cooky).
>>67371687
You could do the same with the elevator then. The benefits of having one of these are immense.
>>67371199
I don't know what happened to him. It one of the few types of threads that gave me hope when they showed up. We can make our own?
It's beyond geostationary orbit.
>>67371269
Think of a weight on a cord spinning around your head, the spinning weight keeps the cord taut.
>>67371199
he had said before that anyone can use his name, just gather atrticles throughout the week in a doc then post them .
its quicker then you think.
>>67371808
>He posted on the other /pol/ for a while after the exodus
Matches the speed of earth. The satellite is always over the same point
>>67371535
It doesn't. The top end is in geosynchronous orbit.
The lower half of the broken cable falling to earth will suck though.
>>67371910
I don't know too much about the space elevator but here are my main objections.
>It can't dodge space trash like sattys can
>The earth rotates up and down so it would always be cured because of whiplash
>The material would have to be hard as fuck
>You need a fucking lot of it
>You'd need to do adjustments on it constantly
>Allah Akbar target #1
>Space is gay
>>67371369
structural integrity?
It's impossible to build something that high
Someone needs to revive his legacy. We don't need a general, just a thread every week or so would suffice.
>>67371947
WE WAZ SPACE ELAVATAZ N SHEIT BEFO DA WHITEMAN TAKE IT AWAY FROM AUS
>>67372109
NOT IF YOU START FROM SPACE!!!!!!!
>>67372013
Imagine how fast it flies off if the cable breaks from the ground anchor. Whipping around and the elasticity eventually making it catch up the the space station at the other end.
>>67372246
any structure that high would oscillate and break apart, even a very strong cable
>>67371269
not wanting Earth to have a giant space dong
>>67372316
it would be suspended from space dropping down like a rope bur you need 2/12 times the length as it has on earth
>>67372318
i do actually. imagine if it falls down though. FUCK
>>67371199
he said he quit after moot killed /pol/
>>67372074
>>It can't dodge space trash like sattys can
Sats can't dodge either.
>The earth rotates up and down so it would always be cured because of whiplash
The earth doesn't. It spins slightly off-axis relative to its solar orbit. If it did actually shake, we on the surface would be fucked too.
>The material would have to be hard as fuck
Not hard, have very high tensile strength. Carbon nanotubes could do it, but we are nowhere near able to make those in the required quality or quantity to do it on that scale.
>You need a fucking lot of it
True. Getting it all into space is also a problem for our current spacecraft.
>You'd need to do adjustments on it constantly
Doable.
>Allah Akbar target #1
True, but security would also be tighter than anywhere on the planet. Even flying too close and not responding to warnings would see you shot down without question.
>Space is gay
NO U
>>67372499
something like that happen in the Kim Stanly Robinson's Mars trilogy
>>67372439
my point still stands, the cable would break under its own weight
>>67372260
It won't though. It's travelling around the earth at exactly the speed of the earth's rotation, and if it's going anywhere while still attached at the space end, it's going up. This too can be mitigated by adjustment of the counterweight.
>>67372439
and even if such a strong and stable material would exist, you would have to apply constant force to keep the station from tumbling to the earth under the cable's weight
>>67372733
The "higher", the "lighter".
Also centrifugal force.
>>67371199
he have problem's on earth we need to deal with bruv.
>>67372623
This lad gets it.
It's a long way off, but something to dream about. If it could be done access to space would be cheap as fuck.
>>67372937
In a stable orbit, the satellite moves at a certain speed.
Cable parts at lower height will move slower than escape velocity and therefore will need to be pulled constantly upwards, thus requiring force.
It's not rocket science.
>>67372847
Carbon NANO Tubes!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>67372847
So yeah, the answer is very simple. The vacuum of space pulling one end of the space elevator would cancel out the tremendous weight pushing on the earth. The material needed is carbon nano tubes, but it's not currently possible to manufacture these in sufficient quantities. Give it a few decades, we'll do it.
Didnt evenr ead the thread or posts above this one btw
>>67373331
>The vacuum of space pulling one end of the space elevator would cancel out the tremendous weight pushing on the earth.
>>67373673
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ4Qp2xeRds
>memesauce
it's in there somewhere
i fucked up, it stays stable through tension
nothing about weight or w/e fuck off it's like 3am
>>67371269
You have a counterweight at the other end and the centrifugal force keeps it under tension.
You put the balance point (where tension from the counterweight matches the tension from the mass of the rest of the cable) at a geostationary altitude and it would be fine.
>>67371199
Space elevator is the same tier of concept as global warming, "negative energy values" for zero-drive and black holes.
Also can be extremely harmful in case the cable could hold any stream of water from ocean to space.
