Pigeon writes: > It would be under tension, because the upper station is outside the > geosynchronous orbit. So the bit above the break would fly off into > space, and the lower bit would fall back.
The tension would taper from nominally zero at the base to maximum at the attachment to the counterweight. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
