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Wouldn't it really fall west?
Posted By: Dry Ice <d.r.y.i.c.e@sbcglobal.net>Date: 5/15/06 7:08 a.m.

In Response To: Re: Check this out (Ape Man)

: One final note: a collapsing space elevator would spread out to the east of
: its lowermost anchorpoint (due to the rotation of the earth).

Why would it fall east? Why not west? Isn't the Earth spinning towards the east? If you look down on the North Pole the Earth would be spinning counter-clockwise. The way I see it is an object anchored in geo-synchronous orbit would have to speed up in relation to the earth to fall east.

If the elevator broke apart the pieces would be travelling at the same RPM as the earth. These pieces would be travelling towards the east but would soon lose thier momentum and the Earth would spin underneath them and they would actually land to the west of thier anchor point.

If it is in fact different please explain why so I can understand.


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           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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