From: vince@offshore.ai (Vincent Cate)
Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 14:47:39 -0800
Newsgroups: sci.space.tech
Subject: Re: spacetethers.com
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Some people were not able to run my tether simulator in some browsers.
These problems are mostly fixed at this point (though it does not work
on Linux browsers yet).

It was not clear to some people how to run it.  After you click on the
simulator applet, click on one of the sample inputs, like "Sample 4",
then click on "start simulation".  You can also modify the input after
clicking on one of the samples and then do "start simulation" with
your own input values.

Next, this simulator is really simulating the real forces along the
tether, gravity, momentum, etc.  It does tapered tethers (linear taper
from the input diameter for one end to the input diameter for the
other end).  It will actually give you a good idea of what can and can
not be done, how much mass the tether would be, how close to breaking
the tether you are, etc.

If you know any tether enthusiasts, please tell them about my
simulator. :-)
Any feedback is very much appreciated.

   -- Vince

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