Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

That really IS a high rise: Sci-fi plan to hang wandering skyscraper from asteroid orbiting Earth...
www.dailymail.co.uk ^ | Updated: 18:59 EDT, 27 March 2017 | By Stacy Liberatore

Posted on 03/28/2017 7:40:18 AM PDT by Red Badger

Radical skyscraper design from a New York City firm will be built from the sky down instead of the ground up Analemma Tower is set to be suspended from an orbiting asteroid 31,068 miles (50,000 km) above the Earth Tower will move in a figure eight pattern between the northern and southern hemispheres each day Solar panels will generate power and water will be collected from cloud condensation and rain water Building will be broken up into sections, such as business, worship, dining, shopping and entertainment

A New York architecture firm has unveiled designs for a skyscraper that is out of this world.

Deemed the ‘world’s tallest building ever’, Analemma Tower will be suspended from an orbiting asteroid 31,068 miles (50,000 km) above the Earth– and the only way to leave is by parachute.

The orbital path would swing the tower in a figure eight pattern between the northern and southern hemispheres each day, taking residents on a tour through different parts of the world - all in just a 24 hour orbital cycle.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Business/Economy; Science; UFO's
KEYWORDS: analemma; analemmatower; arthurcclarke; asteroid; dubai; hinduropetrick; kepler; spaceelevator; uae; unitedarabemirates
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-79 last
To: Daffynition

Where izzat?..............


61 posted on 03/28/2017 11:35:51 AM PDT by Red Badger (Ending a sentence with a preposition is nothing to be afraid of........)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 60 | View Replies]

To: Rebelbase

>>Imagine an orbital decline of the asteroid and this thing smashes into the side of Mt. Everest at 1000mph.

Cue Sci-Fi movie...<<

In orbit, Mt. Everest climb you!


62 posted on 03/28/2017 11:39:11 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (Not tired of winning yet!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 59 | View Replies]

To: Daffynition

That reminds me of that scene in “Spaceballs” where they pan (presumably) Dark Helmet’s flagship and it goes on and on and on and on...


63 posted on 03/28/2017 11:41:48 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (Not tired of winning yet!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 60 | View Replies]

To: Nailbiter
> Where will the sewage go- could pull stunt like Dave Mason band in chicago

Close but no cigar - the stunt in Chicago involved the Dave MATTHEWS band. Dave Mason was one of the founding members of Traffic and is still going strong today.

64 posted on 03/28/2017 12:39:04 PM PDT by ADemocratNoMore (The Fourth Estate is now the Fifth Column)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger

—Technically doable, in a few dozen years.
—It would be a prime target for terrorists.
—Most of the time it would be over Siberia, the Pacific Ocean, Downtown Detroit, etc.
—There will never be a market willing to pay for this.


65 posted on 03/28/2017 1:46:12 PM PDT by Born to Conserve
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Born to Conserve
—There will never be a market willing to pay for this.

I just thought of one. The PRISON market. It would make a great prison. Escaping would be out of the question..................

66 posted on 03/28/2017 1:53:57 PM PDT by Red Badger (Ending a sentence with a preposition is nothing to be afraid of........)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 65 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger

Dubai.

Burj Khalifa.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Khalifa


67 posted on 03/28/2017 2:26:11 PM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 61 | View Replies]

To: z3n
Nudging to a higher orbit won't help. The purpose of the altitude is to synchronize the orbit to the rotation of the earth. If you add a drag on the asteroid (due to atmosphere and gravity pull on the building) the drag is a force that will alter the orbit over time unless you do something to compensate. Leaving things alone isn't an option. Letting the drag change the orbit affects many things, such as the height of the building over the ground, the sychronicity of the building relative to its intended path, the period of the orbit, and the velocity of the orbit.
68 posted on 03/28/2017 2:55:18 PM PDT by Purdue77 (I can't afford a tag line.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 57 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger
Will my neighbors be 'The Jetsons'? 😀
69 posted on 03/28/2017 3:58:35 PM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is DEPLORABLE :-))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger
Of course, the FAA and he world's airlines wouldn't be at all concerned about a massive cable slashing thorough the sky at 1000 mph or so, either...

There is genius -- and then there's something we Texans call, "being plumb eat up with the dumb@$$"...

70 posted on 03/28/2017 4:32:05 PM PDT by TXnMA (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! REPEAT San Jacinto!!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ADemocratNoMore

fr has such smart people :)


71 posted on 03/29/2017 12:28:07 AM PDT by Nailbiter
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 64 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger
That there asteroid thingy may work mathematically at first glance.

However, hanging from it an appendage in the atmosphere (that lovely figure-8 pattern) will sap the asteroid's energy, leading, sooner or later, to asteroid orbital decay and reverse high-rise disaster.

Of course, this might be fixed by boosting the asteroid, but that's another calculation (or did I miss it from the link?).

Oh, and assuming the energy and physics can be made to work, it should be interesting to have one's office whisked about in that analemma at airliner speeds.

72 posted on 03/29/2017 12:42:17 AM PDT by cynwoody
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Note: this topic is from 03/28/2017. Thanks Red Badger.

73 posted on 07/05/2018 9:25:33 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: cynwoody

Don’t open the window..................


74 posted on 07/05/2018 9:31:08 AM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world discovered the TRUTH......Q Anon)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 72 | View Replies]

To: z3n

Mass does matter, but for most things (man-made) the assumption that the mass of the satellite compared to the mass of the Earth is insignificant holds valid.

When you get to ratios of mass like that of the Earth and the moon, then you have to account for the fact that both bodies now orbit about a point (called the system barycenter) that is between the center of masses of the two separate bodies.


75 posted on 07/05/2018 9:34:08 AM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 50 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger

It’s 31,000 miles from earth, I doubt it would look
like the illustration...


76 posted on 07/05/2018 9:34:19 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: tet68

They’ll move it...............


77 posted on 07/05/2018 9:40:59 AM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world discovered the TRUTH......Q Anon)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 76 | View Replies]

To: Bubba_Leroy

Just put an asteroid at the lagrange point between Earth and the moon with a reactor large enough to create a protective magnetic field(from cosmic rays and solar wind). Build a city there.


78 posted on 07/05/2018 9:47:02 AM PDT by mdmathis6 (Men and Devils can't out-"alinsksy" God! He knows where "all the bodies are buried!")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 34 | View Replies]

To: Fred Nerks

Pie In the sky PING.( sewage in orbit?)


79 posted on 07/06/2018 5:48:50 AM PDT by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-79 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson