January 16, 20224 yr I've booked him a luxury suite at the Analemma Tower. He's going to love it, he's going to be hanging from an asteroid 31,068 miles above the planets surface. The orbital pattern will take him on a figure of eight over various cities. Think of all the birds he will be able to look down on. 👍 Quote A New York architecture firm is proposing a design for the world’s tallest building Analemma Tower, which would hang down from the sky suspended by air cables attached to an asteroid. “Analemma inverts the traditional diagram of an earth-based foundation, instead depending on a space-based supporting foundation from which the tower is suspended. This system is referred to as the Universal Orbital Support System (UOSS),” Clouds Architecture Office said in a statement. “By placing a large asteroid into orbit over earth, a high strength cable can be lowered towards the surface of earth from which a super tall tower can be suspended. Since this new tower typology is suspended in the air, it can be constructed anywhere in the world and transported to its final location.” https://www.forbes.com/sites/bridaineparnell/2017/03/29/skyscraper_suspended_on_asteroid/?sh=7773bc1f5194 Edited January 16, 20224 yr by martin-w
January 16, 20224 yr Administrators OK, that looks like fun! 🪂 Charlie AronAVSIM Board of Directors-ADMIN/Moderator-RegistrarJust going to run a Chromebook and not upgrade to a Windows computer. Too many problems with the new Sims! 😱Trying to keep peace and harmony and the will of Landru on the site seems to be a full time job!
January 16, 20224 yr I'm a bit worried about the parachutists in the second image. Is that how they evacuate the building in the event of fire? Dugald Walker
January 16, 20224 yr Author 57 minutes ago, dmwalker said: I'm a bit worried about the parachutists in the second image. Is that how they evacuate the building in the event of fire? Very good point. Remember Indiana Jones when the airship had a little biplane onboard? They could do that. Or have gliders as lifeboats. Or send for the X-Men. Or maybe the Internals.
January 16, 20224 yr I can't wait Martin. Will it be ready for my 100th birthday? It's only 12 years away you know. How far do I have to freefall before I set the record for the oldest guy to parachute from space. It's a wonderful gift. Thank you! Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
January 16, 20224 yr Administrators 1 hour ago, martin-w said: Or maybe the Internals. Externals, Extergent, Insergent..........Eternals! Are Internals doctors?? Charlie AronAVSIM Board of Directors-ADMIN/Moderator-RegistrarJust going to run a Chromebook and not upgrade to a Windows computer. Too many problems with the new Sims! 😱Trying to keep peace and harmony and the will of Landru on the site seems to be a full time job!
January 16, 20224 yr I wonder how much it would sway in the wind. Rhett 7800X3D ♣ 96 GB G.Skill Flare ♣ Gigabyte 4090 ♣ Crucial P5 Plus 2TB
January 16, 20224 yr Maybe the article should be entitled "New York Architects Have Too Much Time on their Hands". Dugald Walker
January 16, 20224 yr I think this would be better served as a freight elevator, putting payloads into orbit without expensive rockets. However, putting an asteroid in low-Earth orbit, dangling a cable below it, could wreak havoc on our satellites! John Howell Prepar3D V5, Windows 10 Pro, I7-9700K @ 4.6Ghz, EVGA GTX1080, 32GB Corsair Dominator 3200GHz, SanDisk Ultimate Pro 480GB SSD (OS), 2x Samsung 1TB 970 EVO M.2 (P3D), Corsair H80i V2 AIO Cooler, Fulcrum One Yoke, Samsung 34" 3440x1440 curved monitor, Honeycomb Bravo throttle quadrant, Thrustmaster TPR rudder pedals, Thrustmaster T1600M stick
January 16, 20224 yr 4 hours ago, dmwalker said: I'm a bit worried about the parachutists in the second image. Is that how they evacuate the building in the event of fire? My first thought was it’s people like me with acrophobia who are overwhelmed by panic by being so far up and need to escape NOW! One of the amenities in this tower would be a parachute in every closet 😱
January 16, 20224 yr What goes up.... We are all connected..... To each other, biologically...... To the Earth, chemically...... To the rest of the Universe atomically. Devons rig Intel Core i5 13600K @ 5.1GHz / G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series Ram 64GB / GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING OC 12G Graphics Card / Sound Blaster Z / Meta Quest 2 VR Headset / Klipsch® Promedia 2.1 Computer Speakers / ASUS ROG SWIFT PG279Q ‑ 27" IPS LED Monitor ‑ QHD / 1x Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB / 2x Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB / 1x Samsung - 970 EVO Plus 2TB NVMe / 1x Samsung 980 NVMe 1TB / 2 other regular hd's with up to 10 terabyte capacity / Windows 11 Pro 64-bit / Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX Motherboard LGA 1700 DDR5
January 16, 20224 yr Author 3 hours ago, charliearon said: Externals, Extergent, Insergent..........Eternals! Are Internals doctors?? I can't believe it spell checked to Internals. I don't think we need to be giving poor birdguy an internal. No, let's just send The Eternals. Or one of them. That nice oriental lady.
January 16, 20224 yr Author 4 hours ago, birdguy said: I can't wait Martin. Will it be ready for my 100th birthday? It's only 12 years away you know. How far do I have to freefall before I set the record for the oldest guy to parachute from space. It's a wonderful gift. Thank you! Noel No, won't be ready. We will have to freeze you and then thaw you out in the year 3022. The rest of us will be cyborgs by then.
January 16, 20224 yr Author 1 hour ago, Rob_Ainscough said: Can you get me two reservations also? I like birds and I like to fly and I'm a guy (I think, let me check, yes). Cheers, Rob. Yes Rob. We will have to put you in cryogenic storage too untill 3022. But I hear you like chillers.
January 16, 20224 yr 1 minute ago, martin-w said: No, won't be ready. We will have to freeze you and then thaw you out in the year 3022. Don't bother if the world is in the same shape then as it is now. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
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