Hey there, haven't been here for a while,
Couldn't take the time to read the whole thread. Anyway, had an idea once along the lines of what's proposed here. The idea was to place airships or just large balloons along the launch path of a rocket at equak distances - say every 2 or 3 miles...
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From what I read recently - Boeing is working on a middle sized
composite materials made jet with supposedly excellent parameters.
It's a serious bet since it seems they've nothing else to offer
in the near future. Hopefully, they'll make it.
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I agree that this is an important factor, indeed. But we're
talking a LOT more money, so it's certainly not enough.
Perhaps, though, the 11,000 who signed in with that British
investor for sub-orbital flights on space-ship-one type rockets
with a 190,000$ price tag will start making an...
I'm sorry, but I disagree. I believe the problem is purely economic.
If you come to any investor today and ask for money for such
a project what will you tell him when he asks about future profits ?
A simple: "If we build it - they'll come." will not suffice for any bussiness
man. It may...
Even for space tourism, the top speed of 200 mph max which
you could reach upon a normal railway is negligable compared
to the total speed you'd need.
Peace and long life.
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You can use the ussual x = a * t^2 / 2 to calculate
the track lenght. For a manned vehicle the maximum
reasonable a is probably about 3 gs. Say you need
Mach 6 so you get something around 60 miles.
For space tourism, building a 60 mile long maglev launcher
is EXTREMELY...
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Don't think it's gon'na happen either, the track will
just need to be too long and it costs a LOT.
Though, considering current launch costs and
with a reusable launch pad, the many billions this
will cost may still be worth it.
As a sidenote, there was a program on one of...
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Like I said a disclosure document has nothing to do with the actual
application. However, it provides evidence that the enitial idea -
you'd better write a good and full discription, was yours.
It's much better than sending letters to yourself with a post
date or stuff like...
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A disclosure document does not provide any official filing
date or anything, but you can file it up to 2 years, as
far as I remember, before the patent application and rely
on it later, though even this is not perfect, to prove that you
are the enitial inventor, which of...
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A non-disclosure document can protect you to some extent
but I wouldn't just count on it. Plus, you need witnesses.
If you don't want to waste money filing a patent application yet,
which btw requires no propotype or anything like that, you
can at least file a disclosure...
I beg your pardon, but do you know what an electrodynamic tether is ?
Because if you did, you would not involve it in this discussion. :wink:
Peace and long life.
Can't view 70+ pages :biggrin: , but that's ussualy a very bad move.
Let her go there first. If she doesn't, at least you won't ruin the possibility
for less serious relations.
I believe that if the project is not carried
out within half a century at most, there'll
be no need for it later, because there'll be much
better and simpler options.
Live long and prosper.
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Don't wan'na be the pessimist around here, but I seriously doubt we're
ever gon'na push "space" in an elevator. :wink:
In 20 years we can easily have much more advanced, safe and more important - cheap chemicly fueled rockets. In fact, we could have them
now if some mass...