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New Mombasa Space elevator...
Posted By: Gryphonosiris <Gryphonosiris@aol.com>Date: 6/8/06 10:57 a.m.

I've been watching an Anime series called "Zone of the Enders: Dolores, I" that had made several mentions to a Space Elevator similar to the one from New Mombasa. Per the storyline, a group of anti-Earth/Pro-Mars radicals attempt to use the elevator as an ultimate weapon against Earth. Basically, in order for the Elevator to remain where it is it has a gigantic asteroid tethered to the end of it to act as a counter-weight to maintain the structure. If this counter-weight were to be destroyed or even severly damaged it would cause the equillibrium to be broken and the elevator would end up wraping around the Earth from centrifugal forces, essentially killing the whole of the planet from the impact and resulting nuclear winter.

Now, with that said, the Space Elevator in New Mombasa with its earth bound anchor destroyed would most likely not fall back down to Earth as seen in the teaser trailer, but be flung out into space like an Olympic Hammer thrower. THe speed that it would be flung out is debatable, however it would be basically a gigantic asteroid with a whip-like tail and would be a threat to any planetary body it colides with.

Science is Scary stuff

Honor and Valor
Gryphon

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Replies:

New Mombasa Space elevator...Gryphonosiris 6/8/06 10:57 a.m.
     Re: New Mombasa Space elevator...I. Zombie 6/8/06 11:27 a.m.
           Re: New Mombasa Space elevator...Omega 6/8/06 12:04 p.m.
     Re: New Mombasa Space elevator...Funkmon 6/8/06 11:29 a.m.
           Re: New Mombasa Space elevator...Sparkamus 6/8/06 11:58 a.m.
           Re: New Mombasa Space elevator...Gryphonosiris 6/8/06 3:27 p.m.
     Re: New Mombasa Space elevator...Schedonnardus 6/8/06 12:26 p.m.
           Re: New Mombasa Space elevator...Anton P. Nym (aka Steve) 6/8/06 1:37 p.m.
                 Re: New Mombasa Space elevator...Dark One 6/8/06 8:04 p.m.
     Re: New Mombasa Space elevator...Sir Blunt 6/8/06 9:12 p.m.
     Re: New Mombasa Space elevator...Omega 6/8/06 11:11 p.m.
           Re: New Mombasa Space elevator...Zohak 6/9/06 12:01 a.m.



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