The part of the space elevator/bean stalk concept enthusiasts usually brush
under the carpet is it's horribly slow ascend speed, especially to GEO. Have
ideas for ascending faster come forward in the mean time? Vertical maglev
trains perhaps?
jd
On Sep 20, 2016, at 9:56 PM, Keith Henson <hkeithhenson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 10:07 PM, Peter Fairbrother
<zenadsl6186@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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But if you are still fixated on SSTO, then... I guess there's no hope
for you. Even with a Sabre engine, which is just about perfect for a
WWJ TSTO booster..
SSTO, TSTO, witches on brooms, I don't care. I am focused on low cost
and don't care how it is done. I actually started with looking into a
space elevator proposal to get (step) taper out of a constant diameter
cable, and tried hard to get Kevin Parkins microwave heater to orbit
scaled up to where it could support a power satellite project.
If anyone has another proposal that will get the cost down below
$100/kg to LEO, I would sure like the read the proposal.
Keiht
