DFMIt won't be done by anybody EVER. (nm)Tue Dec 5, 2017 4:28pm2602:30a:2c0c:99d0:c044:4e41:5bd0:dcac
Why do you think I'm focusing on it Ex-News Junkie, Mon Dec 4 5:10pmBecause I KNOW it won't be done by anyone alive today. Which leaves it wide open.
- It won't be done by anybody EVER. (nm) DFM, Tue Dec 5 4:28pm
Your preference for air-breathing rockets does not invalidat Ex-News Junkie, Tue Dec 5 6:48pme the idea of a space elevator. Rockets carrying an handful of astronauts will play a small role in the future I envision, but generally they will be obsolete.
Air breathing ramjets (NOT rockets) actually WORK. DFM, Sun Dec 10 11:06amSpace Elevator cannot possibly be made to work. DFM
Rocket fuel is PH🚀🚀EY, Mon Dec 11 7:15amdestroying ozone. We need an alternative means of propelling our ephemeral-everything into space.
Ramjets would not use ozone depleting chemicals such as DFM, Mon Feb 12 10:08amammonium perchlorate, used as a solid propellant oxidizer. Instead, they would use liquid methane (+ atmospheric oxygen) that does NOT affect the ozone layer. DFM Elevators pre-date rockets by a century Ex-News Junkie, Sun Dec 10 9:07pmRockets didn't launch from Cape Canaveral until 1950. The technology is dangerous and closely guarded due to the potential for weaponization. Due to cost, complexity, and high risk, few countries in... more
Rocket pre-date elevators by at least 800 years. DFM, Thu Jan 4 10:08amhttps://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/TRC/Rockets/history_of_rockets.html The date reporting the first use of true rockets was in 1232. At this time, the Chinese and the Mongols were at war with each... more Furthermore Ex-News Junkie, Tue Dec 12 11:18pmRocket technology is not guarded merely due to its potential for weaponization. Rockets were originally intended, built and used, as weapons. Peaceful uses came later, much later. Large rockets, for... more
A space elevator could clear orbital debris Ex-News Junkie, Tue Dec 12 11:28pmAs a static structure, a space elevator could be used to collect or de-orbit space junk. With an appropriately designed Whipple Shield that can move up & down, a space elevator could absorb... more