tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34231050.post5683360469694048685..comments2024-01-07T08:58:58.797+00:00Comments on The Frog Blog: When will they invent ... the Space Elevator?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13726334168528203927noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34231050.post-21916689215460923692011-12-15T16:39:39.025+00:002011-12-15T16:39:39.025+00:00I'm surprised to not see a mention of Arthur C...I'm surprised to not see a mention of Arthur C. Clarke's <i>The Fountains of Paradise</i>.Colleenhttp://www.visittoireland.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34231050.post-19745553496394520912011-11-16T14:25:30.212+00:002011-11-16T14:25:30.212+00:00Hi,
I won't be the first to point this out, an...Hi,<br />I won't be the first to point this out, and probably not the last. <br />In order for the Space Elevator (SE hereafter)to have any surplus lift capacity, the majority of its mass has to be beyond geostationary orbit. For all the mass going to the ground, it has to be matched by an equal mass - an equal upward pull, to be more accurate - or else everything comes crashing to the Leiferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04064410334653316313noreply@blogger.com