[ExI] Inflatable tower could climb to the edge of space

[Damien Broderick]

At 11:17 AM 6/12/2009 -0700, Dan wrote:

> > Exactly wrong: in line with
> > the wind (when that would help). <cough>
>
>I had a picture of wings lifting the tower -- ones that stuck out 
>the sides from the perspective of the line of the wind.  Would that 
>work?  Wouldn't that be orthogonal?

I've completely confused myself at this point. Yeah, that's what I 
meant originally. If the wind is coming from the east (say), the 
lifting surfaces jut out to north and south. But their chord line 
isn't orthogonal to the wind, of course, or the tower would turn into 
a yacht and blow away. I'll go away quietly now.

Damien Broderick