like somethin outta final fantasy (compliment)

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science fiction

I'm pretty sure this is the LHC, but old, abandoned, and left to the elements.

Blue4 said:
I'm pretty sure this is the LHC, but old, abandoned, and left to the elements.

whoa, now that you mention it....mindboggling...but...isn't it underground? if this is the LHC...there must'ave been a LOT of earth moving...

Blue4 said:
I'm pretty sure this is the LHC, but old, abandoned, and left to the elements.

It sure looks like some sort of accelerator, research, or weapon, it is long unused.

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henmere said:
Artist's commentary:

I wouldn't doubt that happening in the least. Hell, an errant chip of paint nearly downed a Shuttle.

If they find the astronaut who's been drinking that, his head will be going on the chopping block.

Then again, a space elevator is much more massive than a shuttle, and the cable by definition needs to engineered to survive smaller meteors, so it's not unimaginable that an errant can wouldn't do much damage to it...

Of course its a joke but the space elevator design I'm aware of wouldn't be affected much by any coffee cans gone rogue, since the thing uses the rotation of the earth to keep itself upright.

Assuming they can figure out how to setup a 150+ mile long, 2ft. thick cable from the ground to an anchor in orbit (in perspective, 150 miles of just 1in. Manila rope is 102 tons), keeping it taut enough to use while dealing with not only space debris, but also atmopheric conditions...
If people think a 'space elevator' is some wonderous tool, they are in for a big shock. When you get down to the actual nuts and bolts of it, such a project is a engineering, maintainence, and safety nightmare.

TinyTabbyTerror said:

Assuming they can figure out how to setup a 150+ mile long, 2ft. thick cable from the ground to an anchor in orbit (in perspective, 150 miles of just 1in. Manila rope is 102 tons), keeping it taut enough to use while dealing with not only space debris, but also atmopheric conditions...
If people think a 'space elevator' is some wonderous tool, they are in for a big shock. When you get down to the actual nuts and bolts of it, such a project is a engineering, maintainence, and safety nightmare.

space debris wouldn't be a problem if they put orbital defences all over the elevator...as for atmospheric conditions...its the future...so by then they'll probably find some super flexible super solid super durable metal alloy that'd be perfect for such a project.