Talk:Skyhook (structure)
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could it be possible to create a skyhook? a 100 mile long cable attached to a space station.Along which tractor units powered by a giant flywheel,which will partsially send these units into orbit or at least half way {the rest of the way they drag themselves} i personally think its not too far fetched all it needs is Bill gates to fund it and we'll have one in orbit within 10 years.where are the Brunnels and the Stevensons when you need them.I betcha if the victorians had even a fraction of the technology that we do.they would have put one up.without worrying about micro meteors they would have delt with those when the time came instead of worrying about them on computer simulation.
- Depends on the materials you use. Currently, no.
- The space station would have to be somewhere beyond the geostationary orbit to keep the cable up. That gives us at least 35786km of cable. I do not know what kind of cable you are thinking of - let's take for example a high tech climbing rope, which is comparatively lightweight and sturdy. It weighs some 62g/m, and can hold a few tons of weight. At 35786000m of rope, it will have a mass of 2219t. Even though gravity diminishes the more you approach the orbit, you see that it is not even close to holding it own mass. -- 195.37.79.52 11:04, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
