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'Junk Science' - ex) What if a space elevator broke?

Dangerou-DaveDangerou-Dave __BANNED USERS regular
edited January 2009 in Social Entropy++
Some of you probably have seen this, but it's a neat little thing...regardless of whether or not the data makes any sense. It's something interesting to think about.

http://gassend.net/spaceelevator/breaks/index.html

I mean, can you imagine a structure toppling over that's so tall, it wraps around the fucking earth?

Also

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  • FutoreFutore Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    that's cool stuff to think about, but those animations tell you absolutely nothing

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  • ZephyrZephyr Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    space owns

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2009
    That's why we need a space escalator instead.

    Because a space escalator can never break, in can only become space stairs.

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  • Dangerou-DaveDangerou-Dave __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2009
    Futore wrote: »
    that's cool stuff to think about, but those animations tell you absolutely nothing

    Except that, according to at least one model, the thing would wrap itself around the planet several times.

    I mean, damn. Can you imagine seeing that happen?

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  • FutoreFutore Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    the the future, i'm going to drink so many space beers in my space car

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  • FutoreFutore Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Dangerou-Dave wrote: »
    Futore wrote: »
    that's cool stuff to think about, but those animations tell you absolutely nothing

    Except that, according to at least one model, the thing would wrap itself around the planet several times.

    I mean, damn.

    ohhhhh that's the planet in the middle. see i thought he was just a spider-man fan

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  • ZephyrZephyr Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Futore wrote: »
    the the future, i'm going to drink so many space beers in my space car

    will drunk space driving be a crime in the future

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  • Dangerou-DaveDangerou-Dave __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2009
    Oops, my engines just died while hurling myself through the cosmos...

    Welp, guess I'm starving to death unless I smack into something.

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  • DefenderDefender Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Zephyr wrote: »
    Futore wrote: »
    the the future, i'm going to drink so many space beers in my space car

    will drunk space driving be a crime in the future

    Enforced by Robocop.

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  • FutoreFutore Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Zephyr wrote: »
    Futore wrote: »
    the the future, i'm going to drink so many space beers in my space car

    will drunk space driving be a crime in the future

    i wasn't swerving, i was just driving past that black hole

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  • PharezonPharezon Struggle is an illusion. Victory is in the Qun.Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Halo 3 did this. It fell across the entire continent of Africa and probably in more places than was stated.

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  • Dangerou-DaveDangerou-Dave __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2009
    Ironically, I would say the crappy production values of the animation actually lend it a tad more credibility. I mean, it's obviously not intended for mainstream appeal or to grab page views.

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  • Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    The Geek wrote: »
    That's why we need a space escalator instead.

    Because a space escalator can never break, in can only become space stairs.

    :^:

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    didn't a space elevator break in halo 3

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  • FutoreFutore Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    The Geek wrote: »
    That's why we need a space escalator instead.

    Because a space escalator can never break, in can only become space stairs.

    along with the excellent quote, the tweaking of the joke is pretty much what led to my name on these forums.

    it was a show my friend and i made up starring Futore, Robot from the Future. he was just pretty much not advanced and everything he did just had "space-" or "future-" or "robo-" added to the front

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  • the wookthe wook Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    The Geek wrote: »
    That's why we need a space escalator instead.

    Because a space escalator can never break, in can only become space stairs.

    <3

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  • KazhiimKazhiim __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2009
    I heard that some videogame company had a space elevator break over australia

    some Ringworld adaptation or something

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  • Dangerou-DaveDangerou-Dave __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2009
    Man I got a lot of decent stuff for the next web comic thread

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    they don't look very surprised

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  • FutoreFutore Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Futore wrote: »
    Zephyr wrote: »
    Futore wrote: »
    the the future, i'm going to drink so many space beers in my space car

    will drunk space driving be a crime in the future

    i wasn't swerving, i was just driving past that black hole

    you guys are all assholes for not liking this

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  • Dark HelmetDark Helmet Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    A space elevator would most likely burn up in the atmosphere as it began to fall back to Earth. Some people might get soot stains on their roofs.

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  • Dangerou-DaveDangerou-Dave __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2009
    Dark Helmet wrote: »
    A space elevator would most likely burn up in the atmosphere as it began to fall back to Earth. Some people might get soot stains on their roofs.

    Yeah, I think he notes something like this on his webpage somewhere.

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  • GreenGreen Stick around. I'm full of bad ideas.Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    The better question is, what kind of music does the space elevator have

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  • Stormin JoeStormin Joe Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    The Geek wrote: »
    That's why we need a space escalator instead.

    Because a space escalator can never break, in can only become space stairs.

    this is why i love you the geek

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  • the wookthe wook Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Green wrote: »
    The better question is, what kind of music does the space elevator have

    David Bowie - Starman

    on infinite loop

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  • Stormin JoeStormin Joe Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Green wrote: »
    The better question is, what kind of music does the space elevator have

    Muzak remix of "The Final Countdown"

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  • Dangerou-DaveDangerou-Dave __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2009
    Sprach Zarathustra

    Or Ziggie Stardust

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  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    edited January 2009
    Green wrote: »
    The better question is, what kind of music does the space elevator have

    a muzak version of inna gada davida and freebird

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  • GravesGraves Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    the wook wrote: »
    Green wrote: »
    The better question is, what kind of music does the space elevator have

    David Bowie - Starman

    on infinite loop

    This.

    Have we already broached the topic of where the space elevator takes you?

    Besides up.

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  • SkillazSkillaz __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2009
    Green wrote: »
    The better question is, what kind of music does the space elevator have

    But what you really have to think about, is what type of music will the space escalator have?

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  • potatoepotatoe Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Graves wrote: »
    the wook wrote: »
    Green wrote: »
    The better question is, what kind of music does the space elevator have

    David Bowie - Starman

    on infinite loop

    This.

    Have we already broached the topic of where the space elevator takes you?

    Besides up.

    where we're going, we won't need eyes to see

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  • L*2*G*XL*2*G*X Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Skillaz wrote: »
    Green wrote: »
    The better question is, what kind of music does the space elevator have

    But what you really have to think about, is what type of music will the space escalator have?

    In one of the Mars books a space elevator wraps itssalf aorund mars, destroys loads of shit on account of it's shockwave, and people later harvest diamonds from its compacted fullerenes. Oh and people escape off it, etc. Robinson covers every bleeding angle.
    After reading that I was pretty much 'oh well that's space elevators done'.

    This though.. new balgame

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  • GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    The Geek wrote: »
    That's why we need a space escalator instead.

    Because a space escalator can never break, in can only become space stairs.

    Tribbles are great when you're hungry, and you want 2,000 of something.

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    L*2*G*X wrote: »
    Skillaz wrote: »
    Green wrote: »
    The better question is, what kind of music does the space elevator have

    But what you really have to think about, is what type of music will the space escalator have?

    In one of the Mars books a space elevator wraps itssalf aorund mars, destroys loads of shit on account of it's shockwave, and people later harvest diamonds from its compacted fullerenes. Oh and people escape off it, etc. Robinson covers every bleeding angle.
    After reading that I was pretty much 'oh well that's space elevators done'.

    This though.. new balgame
    spider robinson?

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    also can we have a space monorail instead?

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  • Dark HelmetDark Helmet Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I loved that movie so much. Creeped me the fuck out. DO YOU SEE!?

    Anyhow - space elevators might be technologically possible in the not-to-distant future, if carbon nanotube technology becomes viable. Not that I can see a government fitting the bill for such a structure.

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  • GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Faricazy wrote: »
    also can we have a space monorail instead?

    That sounds like the most impractical thing.

    So it'd probably be pretty awesome.

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  • GreenGreen Stick around. I'm full of bad ideas.Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    space helicopter

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  • Dark HelmetDark Helmet Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Space Sidewalk?

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    space jetski

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