For the first time ever I'm hoping for a launch failure for SpaceX.
I was just about to post that video! Is this actually a thing we could do? Because it seems crazy that this is the first time I've heard about something like this being proposed.
...That's from 1994; why has nobody started working on this yet?It is actually a thing we can do right now.
How an Earth Orbiting Tether Makes Possible an Affordable Earth-Moon Space Transportation System
The Earth orbiting tether, is based in part on the elevator into space idea that was described by Arthur C. Clark in his book, The Fountains of Paradise . That particular space transportation concept consisted of hanging a cable from geostationary orbit down to the surface of the Earthwww.sae.org
I suspect too little gain for too much investment....That's from 1994; why has nobody started working on this yet?
Really? Because it sounds like there's a lot to gain, from comparatively little investment. Maybe instead it's an issue of upfront cost, and a lack of immediate payoff; because that seems to be a common thread in why nobody in charge seems to be interested in infrastructure investment these days.I suspect too little gain for too much investment.
You hit the nail on the head.Really? Because it sounds like there's a lot to gain, from comparatively little investment. Maybe instead it's an issue of upfront cost, and a lack of immediate payoff; because that seems to be a common thread in why nobody in charge seems to be interested in infrastructure investment these days.
Essentially the entirety of physics centers on four forces that control our known, visible universe, governing everything from the production of heat in the sun to the way your laptop works. They are gravity, electromagnetism, the weak nuclear force, and the strong force.
But he believed the Hungarians were for real. His research group published a paper on the heels of the Hungarians' 2016 work, laying out a theory to observe what Krasznahorkay's experimental team had seen.
They referred to this unseen fifth force in action as a "photophobic force," meaning that it was as though the particles were "afraid of light."
Meanwhile, nuclear physicists around the world set to work looking for errors in the Hungarians' work, and have come up empty-handed over the past few years.