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|    Poliisi to All    |
|    Re: Question on the space elevator    |
|    07 Apr 04 18:21:42    |
      From: kysy@erikseen.com.retro.com              > The current answer to the last question isn't magnets but .. lasers.       > Free Electron lasers beam power to the climber, which converts the       > energy into mechanical energy (wheels or treads). IIRC, a FEL has       > been designed that can do the job.              Please give me a link to this design. If you are talking about simply a       beamer that could perhaps be used in an unknown design that incorporates       aiming (you know, to hit that elevator), suitable transfer medium, and       receiver system, which can operate on these lurdicous lenghts, then dont       bother.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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