Timeline for Would it be possible to use the earth's rotation to launch spaceships to other planets?
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| May 9, 2017 at 3:25 | comment | added | RonJohn | "if you built a space elevator" Don't worry, we won't. Building a 40,000 km tether is a lot more difficult than handwaving "carbon nanotubes + lasers". | |
| Aug 2, 2016 at 18:24 | history | notice added | Shog9 | Hard Science | |
| Aug 22, 2015 at 8:10 | vote | accept | Tim B | ||
| Aug 21, 2015 at 22:57 | answer | added | Samuel | timeline score: 10 | |
| Aug 21, 2015 at 22:27 | comment | added | user3652621 | Ah, the concept for space launch ideally has a skyhook connecting at fixed intervals of time to the end of a space elevator in geostationary orbit, so the skyhook benefits from the terrestrial rotation indirectly. | |
| Aug 21, 2015 at 22:26 | comment | added | Samuel | @SerbanTanasa Skyhooks are not connected to the Earth. A ship would still need to launch from Earth to get there. | |
| Aug 21, 2015 at 22:25 | comment | added | user3652621 | You mean skyhooks? | |
| Aug 21, 2015 at 22:09 | history | asked | Tim B | CC BY-SA 3.0 |