Quote (TotallyDelicious @ Aug 20 2012 10:24pm)

the load wouldn't be much of an issue as the strength of the cable , the rotation of the earth  would put a lot  of  tension on it but on the plus side the same rotation is what keeps the  upper plat form in place  and obv it would be more then a single cable  each cable would  its own independent electric motor , more motors to spread the load evenly 

its all about nano tubes  thats the only piece of technology where waiting for  then this is possible

Quote (Subwoofer @ Aug 20 2012 09:36pm)

all of that is pretty much just general statements that answer nothing. there isn't a final design and even if it was capable of hauling 40 tons i really doubt the higher ups would allow it to get close to its "limit". without a final design we won't know if even 1 ton of goods is viable since we have no idea how much its going to cost per pound to use it.

Quote (Jagx @ Aug 21 2012 06:44am)

You need boots on the ground good buddy,

(EXAMPLE)
If i sent a robot over to your country with a CCTV camera mounted on it and sat in my living room here in America.

I could see your country but I couldn't tell people that I'd been there and explored it LOL.

you actually need to BE THERE.

I can sit in my living room watching films about italy for the next 2 months. but that doesn't mean I've been there and explored it.

Quote (Jagx @ Aug 21 2012 07:05am)

The person can describe what they saw tho. and interviews and 1st hand accounts are much better than simply assuming things from a photograph

Example.
(How did the ground feel as you walked on it)

"It was like wet sand"

How the f*** is a robot going to answer that question LOL.

Quote (Jagx @ Aug 21 2012 07:18am)

ok let me see you make a sensor that can detect smells like a dogs nose does.

didn't think so.

Quote (Jagx @ Aug 21 2012 02:25am)

its nice they were able to do all that with that old school stuff but we are way beyond those days

I'm sure if Einstein were alive today he would wonder why we haven't been venturing further into space and colonizing other planets. And by we I mean HUMANS not robots

Imagine if I designed the first wheel today.
It was wooden. it rolled and it was decent.

I put 4 of these wood wheels on the wagon. had my horse pull me across the world and when the trip was over.
I took my wagon. chopped it up into firewood and never improved it.


That is essentially what we've done.

We had a nice wooden wheel. It could have been improved into a steel belted radial tyre on a aluminum rim but instead we decided to burn it.

The probes we send up are nice. but nobody is getting excited about seeing yet another satellite put into space.

We  NEED to be exploring.
Humans have been exploring since the dawn of time. We found continents. new islands. tons of new stuff here on earth.

and we went to the moon one single time? and it wasn't even well recorded and documented because of limitations.

I want to know why as a group of humans we arent focused on exploring anymore.
It is basically human nature to explore.

Quote (Jagx @ Aug 21 2012 03:18am)

ok let me see you make a sensor that can detect smells like a dogs nose does.

didn't think so.

Quote (Jagx @ Aug 21 2012 02:18am)

ok let me see you make a sensor that can detect smells like a dogs nose does.

didn't think so.

Quote (Ylem122 @ Aug 21 2012 08:58am)

analog computers.

my grandfather worked at the Johnsville centerfuge, theres a story he has about how they switched the operating computer over to digital, and for days after every one who rode the centerfuge would get sick.

eventually they found that because digital computers work in bits, the wave is not a solid smooth wave but instead its a series of very very tiny steps put together so that it looks like a solid smooth wave.

the human body was picking up these tiny tiny steps and causing the astronauts/piolits to get bd motion sickness, so they had to switch back to analog.

i also have some pictures of the computers, they used, comparing the pc in the Op to what the was used by nasa would be like comparing your lap top to the data center at google.

ill post the pics up when i get home.

Quote (TotallyDelicious @ Aug 21 2012 02:59pm)

several documentaries iv seen estimated the over all cost would be as low as 9$-50$ per pound  compared to the current $4,729  price tag per lbs