Posted on 09/17/2019 8:26:32 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
Scientists have proposed a method to connect the Earth and the moon with a cable that will allow us to travel between them, but the European Space Agency isn't convinced
Two astronomers from the University of Cambridge and the University of Columbia have proposed a plan for a kind of elevator between the moon and the Earth.
Have you ever thought about what it would be like if we could just hop in an elevator, press a button, and head up to the moon?
According to the scientists' calculations, it would be possible to construct such a structure using existing technologies. The concept is "eminently plausible and may have been overlooked as a major step in the development of our capacity as a species to move within our solar system," they said.
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I’m just worried that the cable would get caught and the spin of the earth would draw the moon into contact.
These are not the scientists you are looking for...
Is it already April 1st again?
Wouldn’t the moon have to be in geosynchronous orbit?
Only ride the moon gondola if it takes you to the best skiing.
Wouldn’t “some people” fly an airliner into the cable?
Snort....wow this seems like a really stupid idea.
Nah they would put travelers to sleep so if something went wrong you would know it.
Now your just making too much sense....
Where is Roebling?
Some really vicious tides, and then WHAM!! The old tetherball effect.
you wouldn’t know it. need sleep
Not at all.
You just need a track that goes completely around the world, letting the cable move as the world moves, but still affixed to the ground.
Pretty simple.
Hey, I heard my local Kroger piping in Guns N’ Roses through the store speakers last week, so it might not be that bad of a wait.
Islam forbids.
Send all the lib/RAT communists up there on vacation and then cut the cable....permanently.
This whole space elevator thing is the turd that wouldn’t flush. First off, to install the cable, how to you feed out cable fast enough when you’re going 25,000 MPH toward/away from the moon? Another complication is that the earth is not rotating so that the same location is always facing the moon.
Go back to your business article, BI, because your aerospace knowledge is not impressive.
“Space Tethers” have been a concept since 1895.
Okay, I cheated and checked Wiki.
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