Terraforming Mars Forum: Spacesettlers
Thread: Terraforming Mars
# 10714 byhetrevillion@... on June 11, 2008, 5:02 a.m.
Member since 2021-10-03
--- On Tue, 6/10/08, Ed Minchau wrote:
Subject: RE: [spacesettlers] Re: Terraforming Mars
To: spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, June 10, 2008, 9:53 PM
Generating electrical power from the tether would slow
the satellite down; you have to expend energy to raise
the orbit with a tether or any other method. See
David Brin's short story "Tank Farm Dynamo" for an
explanation of the physics.
http://www.davidbri n.com/tankfarm1. html
Ed
Thanks Ed, I knew that , but forgot. I think the other gases could be used as propulsion to station-keep the satellite.
Harvey
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