{"id":1210,"date":"2009-06-15T19:29:24","date_gmt":"2009-06-16T00:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/?p=1210"},"modified":"2010-02-03T21:47:46","modified_gmt":"2010-02-04T03:47:46","slug":"more-monday-nuts-bolts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/?p=1210","title":{"rendered":"More Monday Nuts & Bolts…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are some more pictures from today’s work…<\/p>\n

<\/a>This first picture is of a reusable\u00a0breakaway link, a safety device attaching the kilometer-long steel cable that the climbers will be ascending\/descending to the helicopter.\u00a0 It has a rated release point of 3,500 pounds.\u00a0 This means that in the unlikely event\u00a0where the helicopter is pulling on the cable with that much force (or more), then the link will separate and the helicopter will be free of the tether.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Of course, if that happens, the cable and anything that might be on it (like a Climber) is going to fall.\u00a0 All of the teams and the NASA and Spaceward personnel will be inside trailers, protected from falling debris.\u00a0 However, the person operating the winch (which pays out and retracts the steel cable) is out in the open.\u00a0 And that’s the subject of this next picture.\u00a0 An overhead shelter is being built for the winch operator.\u00a0 This picture is of the ceiling for that shelter.\u00a0 The combination of chain-link fence, 2×4′ and plywood should keep the operator safe.<\/p>\n

<\/a>And this last picture is of the KC Space Pirates crew, enjoying a bit of lunch.\u00a0 They’re hard workers – I guess they’ve earned it \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Tomorrow or Wednesday should see the arrival of at least 2 more of the teams.\u00a0 Also, the filming crew from the Chicago video production<\/a> company Bitter Jester Creative, Inc. will be arriving tonight.\u00a0 This group has been filming the competition and the participants and the organizers for the past few years.\u00a0 While certainly interested in he technical coolness of these games, they are focusing on the human element.\u00a0 I think their final product is going to be fascinating…<\/p>\n

(Click on any of the picture thumbnails for a larger version)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here are some more pictures from today’s work… This first picture is of a reusable\u00a0breakaway link, a safety device attaching the kilometer-long steel cable that the climbers will be ascending\/descending to the helicopter.\u00a0 It has a rated release point of 3,500 pounds.\u00a0 This means that in the unlikely event\u00a0where the helicopter is pulling on the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-announcements","category-spaceelevatorcompetitions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1210\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}