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WCDT 18-22 Apr 2011 (1906-1910)
akronnick:
Telepresence from orbit, saves on the commuting expenses.
Also, Marten knew Faye from the bar, not from work, so he had an in with the CoD gang.
Of course, if things had gone differently and he had actually hooked up with Sara, he may have been forced to switch to TSB earlier.
Akima:
--- Quote from: Skewbrow on 17 Apr 2011, 22:39 ---I am prepared to be very wrong about this, but wouldn't a space elevator take you up to the geosynchronous orbit? As Hanners was able to spot Dad's station from the ground I would think that the said station is at a much lower orbit? Of course, having a space elevator at hand would make the construction of massive space habitats at or near a geosynchronous orbit a less daunting task, so I may be contradicting myself.
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Be careful not to confuse geosynchronous orbit and geostationary orbit. The latter is a special case of the former, and is always above the equator. A space elevator, assuming it could be built at all, would have to be anchored at a location on the equator, and terminate at or above geostationary orbit.
And yes, at TSB Marten is just a customer.
Border Reiver:
The only shop where I was ever something more than just a customer, I ended up marrying the proprietrix.
Nobody else I know runs anything.
Skewbrow:
--- Quote from: Akima on 18 Apr 2011, 03:31 ---Be careful not to confuse geosynchronous orbit and geostationary orbit. The latter is a special case of the former, and is always above the equator. A space elevator, assuming it could be built at all, would have to be anchored at a location on the equator, and terminate at or above geostationary orbit.
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Correct. I googled for more information and this was the first hit. :-D I do think that if they have a network of space elevators (or just one) in QCverse, then using that as a intermediate step would be the most fuel efficient way of sending anything to any kind of a geosynchronous orbit (with minimal thrust for correcting the orbit from geostationary to geosynchronous).
Also building the space elevator necessitates a massive clean up -project of getting rid of a bunch of satellites in danger of hitting the elevator (I have read my ACC) for the reasons described by snubnose.
I was just sorta hoping that HannerDad put his station on a geosynchronous orbit that brings him over Northampton every day. As a kind of a fatherly, yet a tad creepy geeky sign of affection.
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: Akima on 18 Apr 2011, 03:31 ---A space elevator, assuming it could be built at all, would have to be anchored at a location on the equator, and terminate at or above geostationary orbit.
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For a fictional account of this, see Arthur C Clarke. I also have a copy of his original book on artificial satellites :wink: .
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