From: vince@offshore.ai (Vincent Cate) Newsgroups: sci.space.tech Subject: Re: Incoming!!! References: <5dcb47db.0404271220.2edbd6ec@posting.google.com> <5dcb47db.0404290246.5edd4160@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.42.133.230 Message-ID: <9186edb5.0405051423.54938f06@posting.google.com> cray74@hotmail.com (Mike Miller) wrote in message news:<5dcb47db.0404290246.5edd4160@posting.google.com>... > henry@spsystems.net (Henry Spencer) wrote in message news:... > > Time to warm up the rotating tethers. > > Can those do the job without operating in LEO, to avoid the fate of SEDS 2? The trick is to use a tether that is more like a net and less like a simple rope. This way you can get breaks in different parts of the net without having a tether system failure. With this you can make tethers that should last a very long time, even in LEO. See: http://www.tethers.com/Hoytether.html -- Vince ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vincent Cate Space Tether Enthusiast vince@offshore.ai http://spacetethers.com/ Anguilla, East Caribbean http://offshore.ai/vince ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You have to take life as it happens, but you should try to make it happen the way you want to take it. - German Proverb