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Carousel Spacecraft Electrical Lift  Around the Earth Up To GEO James E. D. Cline

Exploring both the technological feasibility,  and the potential impact on civilization, of a  non­tether, kinetic energy supported, electrical  lift rail system operating between ground and  GEO  

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The intent here is to provide a conceptual  outline for an alternate, very positive, near  future pathway into space for civilization • Provide transportation technological basis • Use the electrodynamic interactions in  synchronous electric motor technology • Would allow construction of Satellite  Solar Power Stations finally in GEO • Allow mass­spectrometer type total  recycling in GEO; Spaceports in GEO  

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Conceptual complexity vs.  physical size • The common CD/DVD drive in today’s  computers and music systems has a similar  basic conceptual complexity • Both utilize data­controlled synchronous  rotary and linear electric motor principles • But the Space Carousel would have much  greater 131,300 Km perimeter  

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A sliding mass within a curved  track structure exerts an  outward force on the track Track experiences upward thrust while armature segment experiences downward thrust

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Armature Segment  

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Dots represent armature segments mass stream

Spacecraft being raised by Escalator Carousel

Space Escalator Carousel motor structure

Earth’s equator

Geostationary Earth Orbit

Spacecraft being lowered by Escalator Carousel Synchronous mass driver for armature mass stream

   Similarly, mass sliding in a curved track entirely  around the earth produces an outward force opposite  to the force of gravity, supporting track’s weight     Copyright 2005 © James E. D. Cline.

Dots represent armature segments mass stream

Spacecraft being raised by Escalator Carousel

Space Escalator Carousel motor structure

Earth’s equator

Geostationary Earth Orbit

Spacecraft being lowered by Escalator Carousel Synchronous mass driver for armature mass stream

   The velocity of the sliding mass is chosen to be  slightly greater than that needed to just offset the  weight of the track, its tubing and loads     Copyright 2005 © James E. D. Cline.

Dots represent armature segments mass stream

Spacecraft being raised by Escalator Carousel

Space Escalator Carousel motor structure

Earth’s equator

Geostationary Earth Orbit

Spacecraft being lowered by Escalator Carousel Synchronous mass driver for armature mass stream

   Also, the outer­track spacecraft are being lifted up  along the structure by loosely dragging against the  upward­moving mass sliding on the inner track.     Copyright 2005 © James E. D. Cline.

Dots represent armature segments mass stream

Spacecraft being raised by Escalator Carousel

Space Escalator Carousel motor structure

Earth’s equator

Geostationary Earth Orbit

Spacecraft being lowered by Escalator Carousel Synchronous mass driver for armature mass stream

   So the structural weight support is primarily a rotary  electrical motor function, and the lift of captive  spacecraft is a servoed linear motor function     Copyright 2005 © James E. D. Cline.

Dots represent armature segments mass stream

Spacecraft being raised by Escalator Carousel

Space Escalator Carousel motor structure

Earth’s equator

Geostationary Earth Orbit

Spacecraft being lowered by Escalator Carousel Synchronous mass driver for armature mass stream

   Electrical power is input to the synchronous mass  drivers at the earth terminal site, there converted into  kinetic energy of the sliding armature mass streams.     Copyright 2005 © James E. D. Cline.

Dots represent armature segments mass stream

Spacecraft being raised by Escalator Carousel

Space Escalator Carousel motor structure

Earth’s equator

Geostationary Earth Orbit

Spacecraft being lowered by Escalator Carousel Synchronous mass driver for armature mass stream

   That kinetic energy is thus distributed throughout the  structure, and in turn can be electromagnetically  tapped into anywhere, for lifting or servopositioning.     Copyright 2005 © James E. D. Cline.

Dots represent armature segments mass stream

Spacecraft being raised by Escalator Carousel

Space Escalator Carousel motor structure

Earth’s equator

Geostationary Earth Orbit

Spacecraft being lowered by Escalator Carousel Synchronous mass driver for armature mass stream

   The sliding armature mass streams are in contra­ rotating paired sets to balance gyroscopic  precession, and flow in a cycloid path as the earth      Copyright 2005 © James E. D. Cline. rotates. 

Dots represent armature segments mass stream

Spacecraft being raised by Escalator Carousel

Space Escalator Carousel motor structure

Earth’s equator

Geostationary Earth Orbit

Spacecraft being lowered by Escalator Carousel Synchronous mass driver for armature mass stream

    Within the atmosphere, the tubing protects the  meteoric velocity armature mass streams from  contact with the air.     Copyright 2005 © James E. D. Cline.

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A proposed new transportation system needs to provide initial vision as to what possibilities it would allow. Since the electrical equivalent of the energy that is given to a mass by moving it from the equatorial surface up to GEO is only 15.7 KWh/Kg, an electrically powered transportation system functioning with an order of magnitude of that value, seems likely to allow applications such as: Copyright 2005 © James E. D. Cline.

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Construction of adequate Satellite Solar Power Stations in GEO to cleanly power worldwide civilization worldwide, dropping CO2 accumulation. And powering lift to GEO from solar power thereafter, regardless of fluctuations in conventional energy supplies.

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Construction of large scale solar powered mass-spectrometer type total recycling plants in GEO to change toxic or entropicaly amalgamated waste materials back to useful pure forms. Provide economical transportation of those materials between the ground and the GEO recycling plants. Copyright 2005 © James E. D. Cline.

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Shift all spaceport reaction engined vehicle launch facilities up to GEO. The electrical lift to start journeys already 91% up out of earth’s gravitational energy well, in huge spacecraft built there, make entirely new kinds of space ventures, and new adventures, possible. Copyright 2005 © James E. D. Cline.

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Building with an eye toward lifting civilization’s load on the earth surface ecosystem long term, construction of prototypes of passively shielded Stanford Torus type, 10,000 person each, comfortable space habitats in GEO. And, the Space Carousel could couple the earth’s rotational energy to keep a slightly higher orbit tensile linked full ring of habitats in GEO from collapse, room for 15 billion people. Copyright 2005 © James E. D. Cline.

Next Steps: A new field of transportation technology is proposed to be created • Develop mathematical modeling of the overall transportation system electromechanical dynamics • R&D on the basic armature mass stream technique for synchronously transferring energy and momentum along inductive magnetic levitation tracks in a hard vacuum at Km/s velocities • A side project to use wet-launch technology to put a prototype 200-person toroidal rotating habitat in LEO • Prepare for practice with earth-encircling emplacement techniques • Explore ways to deal with current lack of acceptance by the present business system.  

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Given wholesome adequate means for human coping with stress of change during the development, construction and application of a carousel space elevator project with its enabled applications, this system surely could provide wholesome new direction to the vigorous drama of people in the flow of civilization to increase the survivability of all, in the race for completion and application before exhaustion of low cost, high energy supplies. 3

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