[AR] Re: Space elevators... was: Ozone layer
- From: "John Dom" <johndom@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2016 23:48:42 +0200
P. Fairbrother wrote:
Something which has often puzzled me - cargo starts on the ground, with a
velocity of around 250 m/s, then is released in GEO with a velocity of
3 km's. Where does the extra momentum come from?
Centrifugal velocity component increases with radius, no?
jd
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