Launch Loop Scale and Dirtball Work Site
Added 2022-07-16 08:00:00 +0000 UTCFiguring out the actual scale of things in the junkyard so I can start drawing finished pages for the first few pages of the book! Which is coming soonish-- hoping to start by the end of July? The first third of those book pages will be posted here as they are finished.
The habitat, Shikaviil Port, is one kilometer in diameter. The launch loop is about 2700km long. The upper rail is mostly invisible from the ground besides its landing lights, and it appears to dive down over the horizon. It's big.
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They are reference points for the skyhook to accurately land and grab loads. There are even more further down the loop.
Jay Eaton
2022-07-17 03:35:35 +0000 UTCAre the radio domes for general connectivity or do they have a specific purpose? In other words do they house cell towers or something like airport type landing beacons? Or both?
Styrofoam Skillet
2022-07-17 02:52:40 +0000 UTCWow thanks!
Lorax177
2022-07-17 02:26:59 +0000 UTCHad help from aerospace friends for the numbers. The skyhook is based on this paper: ( http://www.niac.usra.edu/files/studies/final_report/355Bogar.pdf ) and the launch loop is based on this paper: ( http://slides.launchloop.com//launchloop.pdf )
Jay Eaton
2022-07-17 02:21:35 +0000 UTCi bet it would look really pretty, dimly lit by the dark sky and showing the utter gargantuan size of it looming in the distance
petra
2022-07-17 00:43:55 +0000 UTCIs this feasible, mathematically speaking? If so, how did you calculate it?
Lorax177
2022-07-16 22:51:08 +0000 UTC❤️
Simone Spinozzi
2022-07-16 11:29:38 +0000 UTC
