Timeline for Why would space traders pick up and offload their goods from an orbiting platform rather than direct to the planet?
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| Aug 26, 2022 at 2:09 | comment | added | Greenaum | The rotor would be like a flywheel then, to provide more energy when you're lifting more than you're sending back down (which would be most of the time) ? That's a good idea! You can charge it up slowly from solar panels, then apply the power as needed. Although if you build an expensive space elevator you're probably gonna run it 24/7 to make your money back. Stuff going back down to the planet could be manufactured goods I suppose, or passengers, but probably a lot less than gets lifted up. Especially while we're building space infrastructure. Unless we mine asteroids. | |
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| S Aug 1, 2022 at 15:25 | history | answered | Diego Fernandez | CC BY-SA 4.0 |