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\"Better\" ideas in the real life section...
Not quite sure how or who is judging the \"better\", I mean launch loops are cool...but they are also massive and require more energy input than a space elevator. The \"even better\" mass drivers have...MANY issues (powering, barrel sealing/barrel evacuation, magnetic saturation of the projectile, peak acceleration, simply exposing a spacecraft filled with sensitive instruments to that magnetic field intensity). None of the technologies are feasible without considerable development, and both launch loops and mass drivers (especially mass drivers) require WAY more energy input than a space elevator to raise the velocity of the cargo to orbital (a space elevator imparts momentum using Earth\'s rotation). Launch loops and mass drivers may be more feasible, but they are also less energy efficient (just like rockets...which are already in use, and terribly inefficient)...so not really \"better\"...
Also: I added some info on Halo 5 Meridian space tether, I did my best with the spoiler block...but I\'m a n00b...so it might be wrong.
Not quite sure how or who is judging the \"better\", I mean launch loops are cool...but they are also massive and require more energy input than a space elevator. The \"even better\" mass drivers have...MANY issues (powering, barrel sealing/barrel evacuation, magnetic saturation of the projectile, peak acceleration, simply exposing a spacecraft filled with sensitive instruments to that magnetic field intensity). None of the technologies are feasible without considerable development, and both launch loops and mass drivers (especially mass drivers) require WAY more energy input than a space elevator to raise the velocity of the cargo to orbital (a space elevator imparts momentum using Earth\'s rotation). Launch loops and mass drivers may be more feasible, but they are also less energy efficient (just like rockets...which are already in use, and terribly inefficient)...so not really \"better\"...
Also: I added some info on Halo 5 Meridian space tether, I did my best with the spoiler block...but I\'m a n00b...so it might be wrong.
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\"Better\" ideas in the real life section...
Not quite sure how or who is judging the \"better\", I mean launch loops are cool...but they are also massive and require more energy input than a space elevator. The \"even better\" mass drivers have...MANY issues (powering, barrel sealing/barrel evacuation, magnetic saturation of the projectile, peak acceleration, simply exposing a spacecraft filled with sensitive instruments to that magnetic field intensity). None of the technologies are feasible without considerable development, and both launch loops and mass drivers (especially mass drivers) require WAY more energy input than a space elevator to raise the velocity of the cargo to orbital (a space elevator imparts momentum using Earth\'s rotation). Launch loops and mass drivers may be more feasible, but they are also less energy efficient (just like rockets...which are already in use, and terribly inefficient)...so not really \"better\"...
Not quite sure how or who is judging the \"better\", I mean launch loops are cool...but they are also massive and require more energy input than a space elevator. The \"even better\" mass drivers have...MANY issues (powering, barrel sealing/barrel evacuation, magnetic saturation of the projectile, peak acceleration, simply exposing a spacecraft filled with sensitive instruments to that magnetic field intensity). None of the technologies are feasible without considerable development, and both launch loops and mass drivers (especially mass drivers) require WAY more energy input than a space elevator to raise the velocity of the cargo to orbital (a space elevator imparts momentum using Earth\'s rotation). Launch loops and mass drivers may be more feasible, but they are also less energy efficient (just like rockets...which are already in use, and terribly inefficient)...so not really \"better\"...
