From lojban+bncCNTPpI2KGxCw6dPiBBoEW715XQ@googlegroups.com Sat Jul 31 21:15:11 2010 Received: from mail-gx0-f189.google.com ([209.85.161.189]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1OfPwt-0006W8-BB; Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:15:11 -0700 Received: by gxk22 with SMTP id 22sf5712039gxk.16 for ; Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:14:48 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:x-beenthere:received:received:received :received:received-spf:x-authority-analysis:x-cloudmark-score :x-originating-ip:received:received:from:to:subject:date:user-agent :mime-version:message-id:x-original-sender :x-original-authentication-results:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list :list-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender:list-subscribe :list-unsubscribe:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :content-disposition; bh=7sJXBOXIqLpAfMW/AL0dwxt7+iIHY4Qq6vCnj980avU=; b=1+TQgIyC+kR4su+Bnpw2Gr1NFdQjCBdQGXc4rw2EsDKcPlAg9Ogu7PreDY/iMSxCwv JVTbModPq7RUoB3PW+hMs66chhaTnuL6vXR7tE+yheE1rISRDn5+OGOkKcD+wol2Jhpr OCROqztZtJo8sQWlLmvnOMQiLlxjUgIHjmT/0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:x-authority-analysis:x-cloudmark-score :x-originating-ip:from:to:subject:date:user-agent:mime-version :message-id:x-original-sender:x-original-authentication-results :reply-to:precedence:mailing-list:list-id:list-post:list-help :list-archive:sender:list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=MGQeiY1xrdKaSclEpowCxG0ChFwzowHDbR2O57nwbd6swfyLptpPKtQxSN3DHz526k IOMAeQscMBRnr+TVbaUdks0+0e3g9npd9vSXZJxpXWZ6/R6mwiLljjjqKgTpWfHgAuAG QzSImYs0l+YdLPEFcPp7hSVDd/1N0Gw2eeJNw= Received: by 10.90.14.22 with SMTP id 22mr911250agn.6.1280636080528; Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:14:40 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.231.125.29 with SMTP id w29ls749705ibr.0.p; Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:14:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.32.200 with SMTP id e8mr632868ibd.1.1280636079642; Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:14:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.32.200 with SMTP id e8mr632867ibd.1.1280636078932; Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:14:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com (cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com [75.180.132.122]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTP id e25si2562543ibk.7.2010.07.31.21.14.38; Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:14:38 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: neutral (google.com: 75.180.132.122 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of phma@phma.optus.nu) client-ip=75.180.132.122; X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=oCv+F0K2AF7QtrOkxc/7u3CeHUsewYbYKf2P49BmHH8= c=1 sm=0 a=76gSCSyxHtsA:10 a=ORa4HqFjfvEA:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=ITGCJgwGTuG7H/gKGaarIQ==:17 a=3ffpkiSJX_l0dK9bU0UA:9 a=vAdpq6uj5J9DGARvHfQlNZNmsvcA:4 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=ITGCJgwGTuG7H/gKGaarIQ==:117 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Originating-IP: 71.71.198.100 Received: from [71.71.198.100] ([71.71.198.100:58123] helo=chausie) by cdptpa-oedge02.mail.rr.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.2.39 r()) with ESMTP id 38/5C-16101-DA4F45C4; Sun, 01 Aug 2010 04:14:38 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by chausie (Postfix) with ESMTP id A162D3D6C for ; Sun, 1 Aug 2010 00:14:36 -0400 (EDT) From: Pierre Abbat To: lojban Subject: [lojban] Lojban Kids Show - connecting the tubes Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 00:14:31 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 (enterprise 0.20070907.709405) MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <201008010014.33555.phma@phma.optus.nu> X-Original-Sender: phma@phma.optus.nu X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=neutral (google.com: 75.180.132.122 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of phma@phma.optus.nu) smtp.mail=phma@phma.optus.nu Reply-To: lojban@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban@googlegroups.com; contact lojban+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline The two tubes have to be at least 32 km apart to keep the mirrors from hitt= ing=20 each other, and that's if they're never quite fully open and any maneuvers= =20 involving spinning the two tubes at different speeds are scheduled for time= s=20 when the mirrors are at least 2/3 closed. (When the mirrors are fully open,= =20 their tips will be accelerating at 81g, or 794 m/s=B2. How we'll keep them = from=20 flinging off into space, I don't know.) This means there's a corridor at=20 least 32 km long, possibly 64, at each end of the tubes. Vehicles of some= =20 sort travel from one tube to the other, carrying stuff and people between t= he=20 two tubes. The docking station is in the middle of one of these corridors,= =20 the one closer to the Sun, I think. So when Alpha and Beta arrive, they tak= e=20 one of these corridor cars to the tube, and go down the elevator to Beta's= =20 town. Pierre --=20 lo ponse be lo mruli po'o cu ga'ezga roda lo ka dinko --=20 You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "= lojban" group. To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban+unsubscribe@googlegrou= ps.com. 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