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Re: Check this out
Posted By: njdshadowDate: 5/14/06 9:13 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Check this out (Shadowsniper689)

: However, this isn't the same Mombasa as today. This is NEW Mombasa. It could
: be a totally different city. I concure with you on the fact that its not
: that big, but this is only a video game.

: There is, however, another possibility. If the Space Elevator was actually
: shot by a Covenant Cruiser, it very well could have the velocity to resist
: the Earth's rotation trying to sway it. In other words, if the cruiser was
: on the east, and fired a torpedo, it would hit the elevator on the east,
: and propel it west. If it had enough velocity going westward, the speed
: would nullify the fact that the earth's rotation is pulling it east. ...If
: that makes sense.

: Interesting thing. My aunt just got back from a goodwill mission in Africa,
: and she was in Zanzibar for a while. I told her to take pictures if she
: saw aliens. Obviously, she didn't get it. :(
: -Shadow
Point to ponder:
the only material currently capable of being used to construct a space elevator is diamond, the strongest substance on the planet.
Therefore, considering that the top of the structure is moving at orbital velocities, that ribbon (assuming "conventional" plans for the space elevator) is under more than a little stress. Something with enough power to drive it BACKWARDS, make the top half move more than orbital speed (7k or so m/s, closer to 8k m/s) the other way, would probably cause a catastrophic enough faliure to not have massive chunks of said space elevator littering the battlefield below.

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Significance of Forerunner location in H3 TrailerBeastIce 5/14/06 12:05 p.m.
     Re: Significance of Forerunner location in H3 TraiLostRock11 5/14/06 12:53 p.m.
           Re: Significance of Forerunner location in H3 TraiStephen L. (SoundEffect) 5/14/06 2:29 p.m.
                 Re: Significance of Forerunner location in H3 TraiLostRock11 5/14/06 3:51 p.m.
     Re: Significance of Forerunner location in H3 Traisilentsailor 5/14/06 2:02 p.m.
           Re: Significance of Forerunner location in H3 TraiDundradal 5/14/06 5:12 p.m.
     Re: Significance of Forerunner location in H3 TraiApe Man 5/14/06 7:31 p.m.
           Where've you been, man????UrsusArctos 5/14/06 7:50 p.m.
                 Check this outQuantum 5/14/06 8:00 p.m.
                       Re: Check this outApe Man 5/14/06 8:19 p.m.
                             front-paged *NM*Miguel Chavez 5/14/06 8:48 p.m.
                             Re: Check this outShadowsniper689 5/14/06 9:01 p.m.
                                   Re: Check this outgunluva 5/14/06 9:07 p.m.
                                   Re: Check this outnjdshadow 5/14/06 9:13 p.m.
                                         Re: Check this outQuantum 5/14/06 9:21 p.m.
                                               Re: Check this outUrsusArctos 5/14/06 9:54 p.m.
                                               Re: Check this outfludblud 5/15/06 8:06 a.m.
                                                     Re: Check this outStephen L. (SoundEffect) 5/15/06 7:28 p.m.
                                   Re: Check this outQuantum 5/14/06 9:15 p.m.
                                   Re: Check this outAnton P. Nym (aka Steve) 5/14/06 10:00 p.m.
                                         D'oh! For "strait" read "estuary". *NM*Anton P. Nym (aka Steve) 5/14/06 10:24 p.m.
                                   Re: Check this outApe Man 5/15/06 11:18 a.m.
                             Re: Check this outJLChief 5/14/06 9:07 p.m.
                             Re: Check this outMasta Chef 5/14/06 10:01 p.m.
                                   Re: Check this outSaS 5/14/06 10:07 p.m.
                                         Re: Check this outJLChief 5/15/06 1:42 a.m.
                             Re: Check this outAnton P. Nym (aka Steve) 5/14/06 10:16 p.m.
                                   that's pretty amazing *NM*Miguel Chavez 5/14/06 10:25 p.m.
                                   Re: Check this outKnightPremier 5/15/06 12:03 p.m.
                                         Re: Check this outAnton P. Nym (aka Steve) 5/15/06 9:06 p.m.
                                               Re: Check this outKnightPremier 5/16/06 4:04 a.m.
                             Re: Check this outMarkHawk 5/15/06 6:11 a.m.
                             Wouldn't it really fall west?Dry Ice 5/15/06 7:08 a.m.
                                   Re: Wouldn't it really fall west?Anton P. Nym (aka Steve) 5/15/06 8:10 a.m.
                                         Re: Wouldn't it really fall west?Dry Ice 5/15/06 9:53 a.m.
                                               Or maybe only 20min to fall 30 miles *NM*Dry Ice 5/15/06 10:32 a.m.
                                               RegardlessMiguel Chavez 5/15/06 12:45 p.m.
                                   Re: Wouldn't it really fall west?Ape Man 5/15/06 11:06 a.m.
                                         Re: Wouldn't it really fall west?UrsusArctos 5/15/06 7:01 p.m.
           Re: Significance of Forerunner location in H3 TraiKnightPremier 5/15/06 4:23 a.m.
                 Re: Significance of Forerunner location in H3 TraiExodus7 5/15/06 4:51 a.m.
                       Re: Significance of Forerunner location in H3 TraiExodus7 5/15/06 1:06 p.m.
                       Re: Significance of Forerunner location in H3 Traisorahn 5/15/06 3:13 p.m.
                             Re: Significance of Forerunner location in H3 TraiKnightPremier 5/16/06 4:17 a.m.
     Voi or New Mombasa?yakaman 5/15/06 1:45 p.m.
           Ah, I understand now. Narc's recap is teh bomb. *NM*yakaman 5/15/06 4:11 p.m.
           Re: Voi or New Mombasa?Exodus7 5/15/06 4:37 p.m.



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