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Tag Archives: hockey stick
SciFi Q of the Day: Off-Equator Space Elevators
SciFi Question of the Day: Logic dictates that a space elevator be tethered from a point on the equator to a point out in geosynchronous orbit. But if you tethered it someplace that wasn’t on the equator, it would still … Continue reading
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Tagged anchor the elevator, ascending node, cross-track force, descending node, equator, equatorial nations, geosynchronous, geosynchronous orbit, hockey stick, inclination, International Space Elevator Conference, International Telecommunications Union, isec, isec.org, Jason Hough, Jason M Hough, Liftport, Liftportal, LiftPortal Space Education, lightning, Space Elevator, space tether, tether, The Darwin Elevator, Thoughts on space elevators
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AmyBeth Inverness 
H. E. Double Hockey-Sticks
Some months ago I had a conversation with Michael Laine and some of the other great minds at the Liftport Group about just how far from the equator a space elevator could be. I was surprised when I found out … Continue reading →