[boris]

"Here are some results of calculations by Blaise Gassend of MIT with graphs and analysis of several space elevator designs with non-equatorial anchor points."

He presents no analysis; he merely makes assertions and presents plots. The plots--on the basis of the gnuplot statements--are laughably simplistic. This is not proof or even scientific reasoning.

I see M.I.T. has really become "stupified" since my days there.

--Boris

[edwin hubble]

Boris,

Any thoughts on Clarke's non-equatorial design from Fountains of Paradise?

In his analysis Clarke found the Andes equatorial peaks and Kilimanjaro on the equator to present unstable conditions. His solution was to go off equator by 7 degrees to Sri Lanka. (co-incidentally his home).