Les Julien has just posted 4 incredible (there’s no other word for these) videos to YouTube. You can find them (The Space Elevator Part 1, 2, 3 and 4) here, here, here and here. After watching these, all I can say is “Wow!!!”
His effort and his attention to detail are astonishing. The total running time for these videos is over half an hour. Some may quarrel with the science / solutions he’s depicted (his space elevator is anchored on an island, for instance), but no one will quarrel with the overall effort.
I’ll be contacting him to find out how he’s accomplished this feat, but in the meantime, check them out. They truly are remarkable.
One small bet. This guy’s an Aussie. No one else would compare the physics of a Space Elevator to the swinging of a “Billiy Can”.
We talk about ‘many eyeballs on the problem” …. THIS is what I’m talking about For no reason but interest a guy made a totally cool video, gets some publicity around the idea.
Excellent find – thanks, Ted.
Aw man, Ted beat me to this! (I saw them on the weekend on YouTube, and was going to post about them this week during the night).
They are great video’s, and I like how he explains how to resolve emergency scenario’s (like if the ribbon gets cut in half).