Japanese company Obayashi has declared that they will
have a space elevator assembled by 2050. The elevator will spread 96,000 km
(60,000 mi) into space and will transport people and shipment to a new space
station. It will also work as a port to transport astronauts to Mars and
beyond.
“The construction process
consists of deploying the cable and constructing the facilities. It is
necessary to analyze the cable dynamics in order to estimate the
characteristics of the cable, counter-weight, facilities and climbers, and in
order to determine the construction procedures.
Parameters for the cable
dynamics include tension, displacement and elongation of the cable due to
ascending climbers, masses of counter-weight and cable, wind, and fixed loads
of facilities.
With the help of a computer
simulation of the equations of motion, we designed the system and determined
the construction process.” ~ Obayashi
Watch the video below to
learn more about their model.
Arthur C. Clarke proposed this system back in the 1960s!!
ReplyDeleteNo :) It was largely inspired by the works published at the time :)
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