Re: BeanStalk Conduction limits
From: Christopher James Huff (cjameshuff_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 06/21/04
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Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 01:46:54 GMT
In article <40d5c2ba$0$842$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net>,
Ian Stirling <root@mauve.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> You just hook on a special car, which climbs to 10Km, cuts the old cable,
> ties it on to the new one, and then pays out the new one as the ground
> reels it in, before tying on the other end and coming back down.
Better to have it pay out the new one on the way up. That way, it has
less work to do...it doesn't have to lift the entire mass of the new
portion all the way to the attachment point. It could also just lay a
new layer over the old cable rather than replacing it...though a full
replacement would eventually be required to reduce the cable weight.
Huh...maybe stack the layers, one side being oldest. New layers are
added at one side, old layers removed on the other. When you've moved
all layers of the lower segment to the opposite side of the upper
segment, it's time to replace the upper segment as well. Further up out
of the atmosphere, you just patch as needed.
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