[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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