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- From: bhoughto@sedona.intel.com (Blair P. Houghton)
- Subject: Re: Nevada Casino - 200 miles up
- Message-ID: <1992Aug17.172813.15746@ichips.intel.com>
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- Organization: Intel Corp., Chandler, Arizona
- References: <64161@cup.portal.com> <1992Aug17.131309.8143@pellns.alleg.edu>
- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 17:28:13 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug17.131309.8143@pellns.alleg.edu> frisinv@alleg.edu (Vincent Frisina) writes:
- >In article <64161@cup.portal.com> Eric_S_Klien@cup.portal.com writes:
- >> Situation: I need to place a casino 200 miles over Nevada with a
- >> tether below it for elevators. I have access to 2026 AD technology.
-
- > Could you be more exact as to what 2026 AD technology is?
-
- The sort of stuff we get twelve years after Louise has
- earned her PhD. Should be bitchin'.
-
- >> Questions: What amount of power would the casino need to stay over
- >> one spot in Nevada?
-
- I'll leave that to the rocketeers in sci.space. They'll
- probably suggest a better orbit (although I think
- geosynchronous is a bit out of the way for junkets...).
-
- >>What would be a good source of this power?
-
- Something expendable. There are no electric cars
- in space. Even ionic systems require a propellant.
-
- >>What should the tether be composed of?
-
- Bob Stupak's hair. We in rec.gambling are all certain
- it's some sort of space-age polymer.
-
- >>What will be the weight capacity of the tether?
-
- If you get the propulsion right you'll only need to
- support the weight of the tether itself.
-
- --Blair
- "Come onnnnnn, SEVEN!
- Daddy needs a new
- pair of heavy boots!"
-