Comments on: Space Elevators

By: indi.ca » Dead Kabaragoya In The Dehiwela Canal

indi.ca » Dead Kabaragoya In The Dehiwela Canal — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 02:38:53 +0000

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By: sach

sach — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:28:14 +0000

do u know any place i can get this novel? i checked in some book shops, it wasnt there

By: Carasek

Carasek — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 17:40:32 +0000

11%? 2007? About the time that the Indian govt claimed 36% of NASA employees were Indian and were then proven to be the victims of an email hoax? For the record, it seems NASA doesn’t keep these details or publish them. If you go to their website there’s only a broad ‘asian and Pacific islander’ group demarcation.

Not that it matters – build it here anyway, dammit! Our new Chinese overlords will be the next spacefarers. Or maybe not.. they don’t seem close to landing rovers on Mars yet. Maybe they need the help of those 263 scientists.

By: sack

sack — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:07:16 +0000

I have serious doubts about this…

By: shammi

shammi — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 13:58:37 +0000

That sounded like a crowded private bus to me.

By: shammi

shammi — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 13:57:18 +0000

Why not spidersilk? Strong, flexible and shock-resistant.
Get rid of all the spiders who spin where they’re not wanted. Feed them all the crop destroying pests and make them weave.

By: shammi

shammi — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 13:50:27 +0000

R-e-a-l-l-y? 11% of all NASA scientists? Did you mean Jewish Sri Lankans?

By: abdussamad

abdussamad — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 11:20:43 +0000

^ This was supposed to be in reply to tastyjujubes comment above.

By: abdussamad

abdussamad — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 11:19:15 +0000

Well that is what’s stopping them from building one so far. As mentioned above the idea is decades old but we lack the technology. Clarke’s idea was to use nanotechnology to build a “rope” made of pure carbon. Supposedly that would be strong enough to function as a space elevator. At least that is what I remember from his book “Songs of distant Earth”.

By: Chavie

Chavie — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 08:07:21 +0000

check this out :D

By: tastyjujubes

tastyjujubes — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 07:55:03 +0000

A cable into space sounds like a bad idea – what if it snaps or breaks? Or other satellites run into it? Makes more sense to have a laser guided system instead but that would involve propulsion.

By: Theena

Theena — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 07:51:31 +0000

Clarke’s Foundations of Paradise, no? The elevator is located at Adam’s Peak. Brilliant fucking novel too. If this idea should come to fruition, it is yet another reason to deify Sir Arthur.

By: Himal

Himal — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 07:17:05 +0000

Clarke’s 3001 featured space elevators, if anyone’s interested.