Clarke needs a good stiff belt

[jmac49 0]

I'm looking for an adventurous pipe-fitter willing to quote the labor on 165000 miles of line. I'd like to bid the job connecting 180 satellites parked in the Clarke Orbit with a rigid line. I'm selling the notion that it will prevent orbit degradation permanently.

[CSpenceFLY 1]

Let me get this straight, you waited 2 1/2 years and wasted your first post on this?

[JohnRich 4]

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Let me get this straight, you waited 2 1/2 years and wasted your first post on this?

Hey, he's a busy rocket scientist, and this is good space humor.

[CSpenceFLY 1]

Someone has to be an ass and it was my turn.

[billvon 3,120]

>I'm selling the notion that it will prevent orbit degradation permanently.

I think people would be pretty annoyed when that new ring around the Earth ended up crashing into it! Orbital rings are inherently unstable.

Now, add some 22,000 foot long spokes to hold it in place, and you'd have something.

[JohnMitchell 16]

Oooo, Space Elevator!

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>I'm selling the notion that it will prevent orbit degradation permanently.

I think people would be pretty annoyed when that new ring around the Earth ended up crashing into it! Orbital rings are inherently unstable.

Now, add some 22,000 foot long spokes to hold it in place, and you'd have something.

Certainly you mean 22,300 mile long spokes.

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[theonlyski 8]

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>I'm selling the notion that it will prevent orbit degradation permanently.

I think people would be pretty annoyed when that new ring around the Earth ended up crashing into it! Orbital rings are inherently unstable.

Now, add some 22,000 foot long spokes to hold it in place, and you'd have something.

Certainly you mean 22,300 mile long spokes.

Gonna be a bitch to anchor those into the ocean, unless you want to use a tripod system with the closest pieces of land. Just would make air travel a little more interesting.

That'll be a hell of a waveguide to replace though, and I would recommend a flexible, as the rigid ones would probably break. Provided of course that you wanted to get a direct line and bypass that whole antenna part of the controller platform.

But then, ofcourse, changing birds would be a pain in the ass.

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[jmac49 0]

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Let me get this straight, you waited 2 1/2 years and wasted your first post on this?

Yeah, well, I've been trying to get up there for some recon but every time I get a couple of miles off the planet the door opens & I have to get out.

[jmac49 0]

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>I'm selling the notion that it will prevent orbit degradation permanently.

I think people would be pretty annoyed when that new ring around the Earth ended up crashing into it! Orbital rings are inherently unstable.

Now, add some 22,000 foot long spokes to hold it in place, and you'd have something.

What? You've never been sold something that didn't work?

[labrys 0]

Ok. I just noticed this.


Good job.

ETA: Inclination is a much larger issue than degradation in most cases. I think a multi point rigid mesh would do the trick. We will probably need professor Neal to calculate the necessary footage.

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[labrys 0]

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But then, ofcourse, changing birds would be a pain in the ass.

Bah. The whole point of putting a bird into the Clarke belt is that you don't have to change birds.

Good point about air travel down below though.

Owned by Remi #?

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Now, add some 22,000 foot long spokes to hold it in place, and you'd have something.

Except 22,300 mile long spokes aren't going to hold ANYTHING in place as there would be no tension at that distance.

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