https://blog.speculist.com/space_elevator/sling-me-to-the.html Live to see it. Thu, 16 Dec 2021 08:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 https://blog.speculist.com/space_elevator/sling-me-to-the.html#comment-1384 Christopher Luebcke Sun, 09 Apr 2006 23:29:44 +0000 http://localhost/specblog/?p=670#comment-1384 A mechanism whose primary propulsive force is delivered through a massive amount of inertia (e.g. the end of such a ‘scoop’) doesn’t aim well. You lose some of the economic benefit if the vehicles actually being shot between the Earth and moon have to be able to adjust their own course, but if you don’t equip them so… well, sucks if you miss.

]]> https://blog.speculist.com/space_elevator/sling-me-to-the.html#comment-1383 AndrewS Sat, 08 Apr 2006 12:44:34 +0000 http://localhost/specblog/?p=670#comment-1383 A local (to me) company has been working on the same idea plus a lot of other applications. Their web site (linked above) has some diagrams.

]]> https://blog.speculist.com/space_elevator/sling-me-to-the.html#comment-1382 bdunbar Tue, 04 Apr 2006 19:48:16 +0000 http://localhost/specblog/?p=670#comment-1382 The more big-ass things we have slinging stuff around the better. Even that the ideas are getting funding is cheery news.

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