posted on Sep, 3 2012 @ 09:03 PM
Doesn`t sound possible.
What are they going to anchor the orbiting station to so that it isn`t dragged back down to earth by the weight of the cable?
The orbiting station will be weightless in space but it will be attached to a cable that is not weightless inside the earth`s atmosphere,won`t the
cable and the station both be dragged back to earth by the weight of the cable?
I`m picturing it this way: like a helium filled balloon with a string tied to it, the balloon can overcome the weight of the string and rise into the
air, but if you attached a metal cable to the balloon instead of a sting, the balloon would not have the lifting capacity to lift the cable. the
balloon and the cable would come crashing back to earth from the weight of the cable.
will the weightless station have the lifting capacity to hold the cable up or will the weight of the cable overcome the weightlessness of the station
and pull it back to earth?