Timeline for Power cable from earth to the moon?
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| Apr 16, 2015 at 13:21 | comment | added | Tim B | I was suggesting solar power generation, not magnetic flux power generation...flux lines are not relevant... | |
| Apr 16, 2015 at 13:19 | comment | added | JDługosz | Look at a picture of the earth's magnetic field. Imagine the wire moving around that. If it cuts the same number of flux lines, even if they are rearranged, it won't generate because nothing is changing. | |
| Apr 16, 2015 at 13:11 | comment | added | Tim B | @JDługosz I don't understand what you mean? | |
| Apr 16, 2015 at 13:08 | comment | added | JDługosz | The space elevator rotates with the earth and its magnetic field. The distortion of the field due to solar wind would need to change the number of flux lines that cross the cable. That means the cable can't be too long (we want the extended tail to be cut off) or too short (the field lines are not compressed near the earth). | |
| Dec 18, 2014 at 13:47 | comment | added | dsollen | I second the part about a space elevator. I think that is the obvious alternative. There would be a need for a space elevator anyways, why not also use it for power generation? There could even be multiple space elevators. If you really want to produce energy on the moon have it transported to the nearest space elevator, with multiple existing. | |
| Dec 18, 2014 at 9:25 | history | answered | Tim B | CC BY-SA 3.0 |