{"id":1298,"date":"2009-10-20T11:23:59","date_gmt":"2009-10-20T16:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/?p=1298"},"modified":"2025-05-04T22:33:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T05:33:48","slug":"more-views-of-the-nss-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/?p=1298","title":{"rendered":"More views of the NSS Testing…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over at the official site of the Space Elevator Games, Ben Shelef has posted his video \/ picture ‘montage’<\/a> of the NSS climber ‘melt test’.\u00a0 Very cool post, but I deny that the ‘maniacal laughter’ that Ben attributes to me on a previous post<\/a> of mine was caused by me.\u00a0 While I was recording the test, I just heard this spooky laughter and my video camera picked it up.\u00a0 Really.\u00a0 Truly.\u00a0 I swear…<\/p>\n

And I have one more video I’d like to share with you.\u00a0 The laser was not aimed directly at the bottom of the climber but rather at the NSS mirror which reflected the beam upwards to the bottom of the climber.\u00a0 By standing directly behind the laser beam source and looking into the mirror, I was able to make this video.\u00a0 You can clearly see the solar cells being illuminated by the Climber as well as the acetone boiling.\u00a0 And, if you look at the plastic bags, you can see them flexing as the acetone vapor ascends into the bag and then condenses.<\/p>\n

Yes, I was being illuminated by the reflection of the laser and, of course I (and everyone else) was wearing safety glasses.\u00a0 I did get a bit warm after a while and had to move back a bit, but was in no real danger as long as I kept my safety glasses on.<\/p>\n