Disadvantages Of A Space Elevator

In the “Seven Minutes of Terror, Eight Years of Ingenuity” by ReadWorks discusses about the idea of traveling to space and the scientist working together to make this possible. ReadWorks discuss the people, ideas of getting to space, and reason why there was a to getting to people off earth. It demonstrates how these people worked, especially together day in and day out.

During the peak of Space exploration interest in America, two well known men came together and publicized information about space travel to homes around the country. Wernher von Braun and Disney collaborated for years and by as early as 1955 they had aired their first movie, “Man in Space.” They later went on to publish two more films prompting members of the US government to later approach Disney with an interest in the information that was included in the show. Wernher von Braun’s exploration of space led to the collaboration between Walt Disney and himself and due to the impressive content of the show, led to authorization from Eisenhower to launch a small scale, earth cycling satellite into space.

After sending a bountiful amount of monkeys into space, the scientists have gathered a lot of data on radiation and the effects of gravity on living things (Space Monkey.) Each piece of information that was gathered from sending the monkeys into space, has lead them to sending other animals up there. Such as cats, rats, and dogs. This eventually led them to sending a man into space in 1961. Then going to the moon in 1969 and in the 1930s going to Mars.

Since before the moon launch, America has been infatuated with winning at any cost. This competitive nature translates from war rooms to athletic fields to the top of corporate ladders. If this is truly our nation’s identity, then why have we not constructed a space elevator? A space elevator is one of the more extravagant ideas from sci-fi and now is being thought of by the capitol of our beloved country. The US must take the initiative and build a space elevator, allowing travel into space at a cheaper price, act as a symbol of greatness for our country, and carry payloads of 11,193kg at once (allowing eight climbers to be sent up by the tether (Chang 2011)) [cumulative sentence]. The thought that an elevator could, or even should, stretch from the Earth into space, allowing people to ride a capsule into orbit baffles many, yet there are

Built by the Otis Elevator Company, the elevator functions with weights and by hand-pulled ropes, no electricity is needed.

The trip around the world continued the “space race” between countries. There were other trips into space later on. One of the major space trips years after Glenn was the “man on the moon.” On July twentieth, nineteen sixty-nine, Neil Armstrong, an American astronaut was the first man to walk on the moon. His famous words are “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Space journeys continued the years following the “man on the moon.” Machines are used to record space by taking pictures in order to obtain more information concerning space.

I was sitting on the couch watching a movie, then it struck, an idea, an idea about how we could change the world; with a ship, that could travel through space. It can change the world and benefit everyone, a space worthy ship that can save humankind from total disintegration.

At first, the cables which hold the elevator steady is nearly broken, it could not bear the weight of twelve people. However, all elevators will install the emergency brake to stop the falling. It is non-functional at that time. Two issues can be easily detected at the maintenance check, but the defendant could not discover the potential danger. They could violate the Lifts and Escalators (Safety) Ordinance (CAP 327) and subsidiary regulations and Electricity Ordinance (CAP 406) and subsidiary regulations because of the careless testing and

The space elevator concept is an amazing idea that came about in the late 1800s by a Konstantin Tsiolkovsky. Without going into much detail at the moment, it is basically a skinny cable built all the way to geostationary orbit (an orbit that follows the Earth’s rotation),which gets thicker as it leaves earth’s atmosphere, that allows people to send small things to geostationary orbit to build things. This would be an extraordinary concept that can potentially end world-wide problems in the future. There are many advantages and drawbacks to the US government building a space elevator that will be discussed--keeping in mind what the future has to hold for mankind, whether it be for better or for worse.

“When I first looked back at the Earth, standing on the Moon, I cried.” explained Alan Shepard when asked about his experience on the moon in February 1971 (8). Space travel had humble beginnings with the first object reaching space orbit in the late 1950s. Technology improved such that a rocket could be sent to the moon. Studying space teaches us about our universe and our own planet. The space craft that scientist predict in the future will travel further into the unknowns of space. In this research paper I will outline the history, the benefits, the present state, and the future of space travel.

The tower gets its name from Gustave Eiffel, the man who designed the monument, and also did the girder work for the Statue of Liberty now in New York harbor. Looking at its open frame, it comes as no surprise that Eiffel was a bridge engineer when he entered the competition along with 100 other people to design this lasting monument to French culture. In fact, it took just two years and 300 steel workers for it to reach its pre-television height of 984 feet. The construction work began in January 1887 and was finished on March 31 1889. In spite of this height, the Eiffel Tower has just four floors. All are served by specially designed elevators that, instead of running up a vertical track, move along a curve dictated by the

Moreover, in the far distant future the elevator can also potentially be used to rid the earth of toxic waste by removing it from our planet. Once again, hypothetically, this has the potential to give large corporations all the “space” they need to build massive

KONE is a proven technology leader and is has introduced on June 9, 2014 the latest invention, an innovation of their core technology. They are making the tallest elevator in addition to introduction of the UltraRope technology. It enables potential elevator travel heights of 1 kilometre. KONE UltraRope is enormously light owing to its carbon fiber core and a high-friction coating. Elevator energy consumption in high-rise buildings will be cut considerably due to such technology thus fulfilling the market need.

Space exploration refers to the exploration and discovery of outer space’s celestial structures by means of the ever-growing space technology, which is continuously evolving. Space physical exploration is conducted by using unmanned robotic probes. Human spaceflight is also used for space exploration. The history of space exploration dates back to the 20th century when the world’ most powerful states such as Russia and the United states scrambled for superiority. Space exploration therefore became a sense of pride and extreme manpower leading to development of space vehicles, which attempted to reach space. The space exploration programs were conducted by government space agencies mainly of the United States and Soviet Union due to the sensitivity and huge finances involved. With time, private organizations began to purchase and offer space launches, laying ground for private space flight. Satellite radio, communications satellites, astronaut transport, satellite television and sub-orbital space tourism comprise the Earth orbit’s private space lift.

Outer space is mankind’s common heritage, so all the countries must have equal access to the outer space. In the past few decades science and technology have freed from the boundaries of earth and making its way in to space.