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["Wendy" <crazygardens AT verizon.net>]

For those of you are interested in space tethers, I found this link that 
makes a summary of the tethers projects.  

http://www.vectorsite.net/tarokt_5.html

Most of it seems to be more accurate than some of what I have read on the 
web.  I have trouble declaring an experiment a "failure" if the premise was 
not proven.  Finding problems and phenomena that were unexpected are also 
proof of a successful experiment.  For example the author states that the 
first TSS project was a failure because the feed mechanism jammed.  Sort of.  
The tether snagged on a mounting bolt....long story.   However, it did pay 
out enough line for us to know that we had greatly underestimated the power 
generation capabilities of a conductive tether.  Even at the reduced length, 
the power generated overloaded the equipment.  So, they knew they had to up 
the power capabilities before the next launch.  The second TSS launch ended 
with the tether being burned through from the power, not insulation damage 
causing a short as is described in the text.  The insulation was insufficient 
for the voltage generated.  As you can tell, I think this stuff is cool.

Wendy
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Gene GeRue wrote:
> Bev, your recent post on how to rid Earth of nuclear waste piqued my
> interest so I read the Wikipedia article about space ladders.

Nanotechnology has made the concept feasible...
Nanotech fabrication...now there's something that might be worth a few
hours of reading time.

Bev
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