Comments on: Japanese Company Announces Plans to Build 22,000-Mile-High Space Elevator by 2050 http://inhabitat.com/japanese-company-announces-plans-for-20000-mile-high-space-elevator/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Sat, 25 May 2013 19:09:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: daryl3d http://inhabitat.com/japanese-company-announces-plans-for-20000-mile-high-space-elevator/comment-page-1/#comment-376061 daryl3d Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:53:21 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=356679#comment-376061 This is hilarious... 8 day trip x 24 hrs x 125 miles per hour = 24 thousand miles up in orbit? I just googled: The International Space Station (ISS) is in low orbit around the Earth, and is approximately maintained at an orbit between 278 km (173 mi) and 460 km (286 mi) altitude from the surface of the planet. Since the moon's orbit is elliptical (oval-shaped), its distance varies from about 221,463 miles (356,334 kilometers) at perigee (closest approach to Earth) to 251,968 miles (405,503 kilometers) at apogee (farthest point). The average distance from the moon to the Earth is 238,857 miles (384,392 kilometers). So this thing would be 1/4 of the way to the moon, cutting a huge swath thru space..... Good luck This is hilarious… 8 day trip x 24 hrs x 125 miles per hour = 24 thousand miles up in orbit?

I just googled:

The International Space Station (ISS) is in low orbit around the Earth, and is approximately maintained at an orbit between 278 km (173 mi) and 460 km (286 mi) altitude from the surface of the planet.

Since the moon’s orbit is elliptical (oval-shaped), its distance varies from about 221,463 miles (356,334 kilometers) at perigee (closest approach to Earth) to 251,968 miles (405,503 kilometers) at apogee (farthest point). The average distance from the moon to the Earth is 238,857 miles (384,392 kilometers).

So this thing would be 1/4 of the way to the moon, cutting a huge swath thru space….. Good luck

]]> By: anothervoice http://inhabitat.com/japanese-company-announces-plans-for-20000-mile-high-space-elevator/comment-page-1/#comment-375948 anothervoice Sun, 26 Feb 2012 13:57:08 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=356679#comment-375948 That would be a lot of steel and carbon nanotube cabling to a structure 22 Thousand miles up. That's nearly the circumference of the earth, with the associated infrastructure in a type of construction never been done or significantly attempted. You'd sooner see a permanent habitation on Mars or the Moon. That would be a lot of steel and carbon nanotube cabling to a structure 22 Thousand miles up. That’s nearly the circumference of the earth, with the associated infrastructure in a type of construction never been done or significantly attempted.

You’d sooner see a permanent habitation on Mars or the Moon.

]]> By: Djcarroll http://inhabitat.com/japanese-company-announces-plans-for-20000-mile-high-space-elevator/comment-page-1/#comment-375913 Djcarroll Sun, 26 Feb 2012 06:52:41 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=356679#comment-375913 Ummmmm..... does anyone really think this would only cost $6 billion? The tallest building in the world is about half a mile tall. They're proposing building something 120,000 times as tall as anything humans have ever built, out of materials we have difficulty producing more than a few grams of at a time. Good luck with that. Ummmmm….. does anyone really think this would only cost $6 billion? The tallest building in the world is about half a mile tall. They’re proposing building something 120,000 times as tall as anything humans have ever built, out of materials we have difficulty producing more than a few grams of at a time. Good luck with that.

]]> By: delumen http://inhabitat.com/japanese-company-announces-plans-for-20000-mile-high-space-elevator/comment-page-1/#comment-375798 delumen Sat, 25 Feb 2012 05:40:55 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=356679#comment-375798 Actually $6 billion does not sound that bad considering the numbers being thrown around by company earnings reports and national debts. I'm sure the world bank has that kind of cash floating around somewhere. Actually $6 billion does not sound that bad considering the numbers being thrown around by company earnings reports and national debts. I’m sure the world bank has that kind of cash floating around somewhere.

]]> By: TrueGabe http://inhabitat.com/japanese-company-announces-plans-for-20000-mile-high-space-elevator/comment-page-1/#comment-375776 TrueGabe Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:52:40 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=356679#comment-375776 Beam me up! This tickles my imaginative funny bone. I would love to be on this elevator in 38 years time! It seems like it would be at risk of suffering impact from satellites and space junk though? @TrueGabe Beam me up! This tickles my imaginative funny bone. I would love to be on this elevator in 38 years time! It seems like it would be at risk of suffering impact from satellites and space junk though?

@TrueGabe

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