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ToxicFire
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Dark Nebula Galactic Empire
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Posted - 2008.01.07 18:25:00 -
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Its not a particularly new concept even carbon nano tubes are capable of building something such as this they are still not the most ideal material for the construction, though probably within a decade we'll have the right materials to build an orbital tether. But there's also addition issues such as maintenance of what is basically a giant ribbon in highly turbulent and stressful environment.
What is far more likely is to see a space elevator as part of a lunar base which is most likely to happen within a decade simply because it will make delivery of supplies which will be frequent far easier and far cheaper.
Mining in space.... that's a lot further off simply because of the amount of development in mining techniques and working in the hostile environments, plus the fact is the moon was most likely formed from a piece of the earth back when it was still a lump of molten rock, therefore is highly likely to have the same distribution of metals as the earth itself. Though there's certainly an interest in it as a possible source of He3.
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ToxicFire
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Posted - 2008.01.07 18:45:00 -
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 Originally by: Kirjava
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.
Aye i quite agree with you I just dispute it will be anytime soon before we can cost effectively do it and develop techniques that are safe and efficient, and yes your quite right about the ability to build one on mars with the only draw back in construction been the logistics. How ever I think once deployed the structure would still be subject to the rather extreme dust storms on mars that may quite well render it unusable for long periods at a time with limited warning. As for the territory issue, isn't there currently international treaties preventing claims on other celestial bodies.
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ToxicFire
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Posted - 2008.01.10 01:36:00 -
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Originally by: Istvaan Shogaatsu
For those of you who consider space elevators to be a good idea, I present a terrible inevitability of just such an invention:
Space elevator music.
Frankly we should stick to giant rockets.
*chuckles* I know your probably not been serious ur thread just happend to be bottom of the list :P But in seriousness space elevators are probably the only way we're going to accomplish the manned mars mission program within any realistic time frame also with the added benefit of not nearly bankrupting most organisations and countries involved. Tbh im amazed nasa managed to find the money for the constellation project Ares is a perfect example good designs coming back around (to think of the money wasted on the shuttle development when all they needed to do was improve on the existing saturn 5 rockets). Any ways I do believe recently published information regarding the mars missions calls for orbital construction of the transit craft anyway.
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