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Kirjava
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Posted - 2008.01.07 17:49:00 -
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If we have one on making Jermy Clarkson Prime Minister of Britain, I am considering making one for the British Gov to establish a space agency and build this.
It would cost ú5 per gram of nano-tubing and an estimated 20 tonnes of the stuff, so 20 000 000 * 5 = 100M pounds for a Seed elevator around ( ) thick, then use that to lift another Seed, and another till you have something that can lift payloads like a train moves freight. We could just tether it to either Ascention Island near the Equator or to one of our older Aircraft carriers.
It is my dream to build this thing - if it is built then the true space age can begin, first to build it however will have access to mining in space which has a hell of a lot more resources of the rare kind than Earth does, ergo Gold might not be worth so much..... so who thinks I should make the petition?
~Nyron
 Originally by: Minerva Vulcan
But poor victimized Ulf...I weep lavender scented tears for you.
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Kirjava
Lothian Quay Industries
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Posted - 2008.01.07 17:49:00 -
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If we have one on making Jermy Clarkson Prime Minister of Britain, I am considering making one for the British Gov to establish a space agency and build this.
It would cost ú5 per gram of nano-tubing and an estimated 20 tonnes of the stuff, so 20 000 000 * 5 = 100M pounds for a Seed elevator around ( ) thick, then use that to lift another Seed, and another till you have something that can lift payloads like a train moves freight. We could just tether it to either Ascention Island near the Equator or to one of our older Aircraft carriers.
It is my dream to build this thing - if it is built then the true space age can begin, first to build it however will have access to mining in space which has a hell of a lot more resources of the rare kind than Earth does, ergo Gold might not be worth so much..... so who thinks I should make the petition?
~Nyron
Originally by: Minerva Vulcan
But poor victimized Ulf...I weep lavender scented tears for you.
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Kirjava
Lothian Quay Industries
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Posted - 2008.01.07 18:13:00 -
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Originally by: Troye
Startrek Voyager did an episode based around the space elevator, it sucked and gave them no end of trouble, it it won't work in startrek its not gunna work IRL.
Did they? Since when did Star Trek follow real world physics anyway, it's fiction ultimatly and we have never built one in real life.
~Nyron
Originally by: Minerva Vulcan
But poor victimized Ulf...I weep lavender scented tears for you.
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Kirjava
Lothian Quay Industries
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Posted - 2008.01.07 18:36:00 -
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Mining in Space, would probably be Mars and the moon for the immediate future, we have the technology to use fusion for propulsion (a nuclear reactor powers lasers which fuse the material) and at the moment we have the tech to build an elevator on Mars so it would be part of a network of logistics.
The problem of territory would arise, as if Britain by virtue of the elevator had a monopoly over cheap mass mobility in space then how long till the headlines "revival of the British Empire" and the like are around.... though there are those that would argue a small amount of national pride should be encouraged.
~Nyron
Originally by: Minerva Vulcan
But poor victimized Ulf...I weep lavender scented tears for you.
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Kirjava
Lothian Quay Industries
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Posted - 2008.01.07 18:59:00 -
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There may be, but I think that they would have a hard time enforcing them if we start colonising them. It may be a while but the domed city could be built on Mars not as sci-fi but as the practical solution for mining outposts.
We wouldn't have the French breathing down our necks like in the late 18th century so I doubt a rebellion, if British colonies go there and claim soverighnty I think the UN covers that under the right for self detrimention. Within reasonable boundries of course, but I think that "celestial body" may be thrown into doubt as a term as Mars ceases to be a planet and becomes a world in peoples perceptions, not many think of Earth as a planet but as a world if you see the distinction.
~Nyron
Originally by: Minerva Vulcan
But poor victimized Ulf...I weep lavender scented tears for you.
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Kirjava
Lothian Quay Industries
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Posted - 2008.01.07 19:24:00 -
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Originally by: Patch86
We already have a space programme- the ESA. its like a national space agency, only with far more money.
True enough I suppose, would probably be better as an EU level project now I think about it but I actualy decided to post it after reading this, I got the impression that the UK wasn't in the ESA, should have double checked it, my bad 
~Nyron
Originally by: Minerva Vulcan
But poor victimized Ulf...I weep lavender scented tears for you.
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Kirjava
Lothian Quay Industries
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Posted - 2008.01.08 10:18:00 -
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Originally by: Shinnen
Yeah but Clarkson sort of comes across as wanting to cut back government spending...
Cutting back Gov spending isn't exactly a good thing, if anything in many areas it should be increased and lending to other countries that cannot pay it back should be abolished. If we lend billions to African nations that can't pay it back, then cancel the debt we should stop lending entirely, we paid the Americans back for WW2 and that should be the standard we expect from those we leand to.
~Nyron
Originally by: Minerva Vulcan
But poor victimized Ulf...I weep lavender scented tears for you.
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Kirjava
Lothian Quay Industries
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Posted - 2008.01.08 14:09:00 -
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Flux, I know exactly who came up with the jet engine and the rocket, neither were Americans 
If one of these did fall, they would be like slightly heavier pieces of paper, take a piece of A4, multiply it's weight by 5 and the terminal velocity is still very low due to high surface area 
~Nyron
Originally by: Minerva Vulcan
But poor victimized Ulf...I weep lavender scented tears for you.
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Kirjava
Lothian Quay Industries
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Posted - 2008.01.08 14:11:00 -
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Originally by: Seroquel
lulz space exploration. what a waste of monies.
At the moment, there isn't much to get from there due to the high ú/Kg of mass to get into orbit, the Elevator decreases that by a few orders of magnitude, so theoreticaly a ticket to Mars would cost maybe ú15k?
~Nyron
Originally by: Minerva Vulcan
But poor victimized Ulf...I weep lavender scented tears for you.
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Kirjava
Lothian Quay Industries
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Posted - 2008.01.12 12:18:00 -
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Originally by: Micheal Dietrich
But just imagine hours of soft rock with no vocals.
Just imagine what the in flight attendence would be like....
~Nyron
Originally by: Minerva Vulcan
But poor victimized Ulf...I weep lavender scented tears for you.
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