tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320798620465608376.post667325856170004795..comments2016-05-05T17:44:30.415-07:00Comments on A bit of maths: Sky HooksPhilip Kinlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448358012402515803noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320798620465608376.post-23605997627027605802016-05-05T17:44:30.415-07:002016-05-05T17:44:30.415-07:00Love to see work like this. We inside the Interna...Love to see work like this. We inside the International Space Elevator Consortium research committee are trying to establish an effort to refine the many different approaches to simulating the dynamics of the long tether for space elevators. There are so many questions to be asked? How long must it be? how stable can it become? how much dynamic motion will occur at the GEO altitude? what is the magnitude of the forces inside the tether [not only just mass and centripetal force, but wind shear, movement of tether climbers, motion of the tether, or tension variation along the tether and elastic factors]. If you are interesting in participating, please go to www.isec.org and participate as a volunteer in this global effort with the future of CIS lunar flight as its future. <br />Pete Swan, President of ISEC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com