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   nafod40 to Gordon D. Pusch   
   Re: Question on the space elevator   
   09 Apr 04 09:48:57   
   
   From: noneya@business.com   
      
   Gordon D. Pusch wrote:   
   > Dr John Stockton  writes:   
   > The significant difference is that, when climbing a beanstalk, one only has   
   > to supply the change in _energy_, not the change in _momentum_, which is   
   > is instead provided by the lateral force exerted by the beanstalk, which   
   > very efficiently extracts momentum from the angular momentum of the Earth.   
      
   Does the beanstalk have to be straight up and down? If canted so as to   
   lag the Earth's rotation (at least during a climb maneuver)how would   
   that make a difference?   
      
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