[extropy-chat] Space elevator numbers III

[Amara Graps]

Keith Henson
>Space debris and Van Allen belt radiation need to be considered in the
>context of a space elevator.

There's a debris fragmentation cascade in our future. The debris problem
will get a lot worse, quickly, in the near future, in other words.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/02/06/news/space.php

Amara

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Amara Graps, PhD      www.amara.com
INAF Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario (IFSI), Roma, ITALIA
Associate Research Scientist, Planetary Science Institute (PSI), Tucson