Chain Flinger

(nealstephenson.substack.com)

23 points by roomey5 days ago

3 comments

  • jaggederest1 hour ago
    Doesn&#x27;t even need to be an actual chain: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Space_fountain" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Space_fountain</a>
  • JKCalhoun1 hour ago
    Related (Steve Mould has been fascinated with the centripetal physics of the chain): <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;playlist?list=PLcqX4UMXNKEdNBKABT3ZF6Fvu5Jkq3OxB" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;playlist?list=PLcqX4UMXNKEdNBKABT3ZF...</a>
  • lukebechtel1 hour ago
    The chain robot subplot of Seveneves makes a lot more sense now :)
    • FrameworkFred12 minutes ago
      the chain link tech in Seveneves was wild.<p>as a nearly perfectly uninformed occasional consumer of space-related articles, I can say it makes a lot of sense (to me) why we&#x27;d use something like that to move things around the solar system.