Yuri Artsutanov, developer of the "space elevator" idea, will come especially from Russia and even judge the competition; Among the competitors this year - three teams with Technion graduate fathers and their sons - Technion students
The engineer Yuri Artsutanov, developer of the "space elevator" idea, will be the guest of honor and one of the judges in the traditional "Technorush" competition at the Technion, which will be held as part of the events of the Courtorion (Board of Trustees) on June 18. Among the competitors this year - three teams of fathers and sons.
The idea of a "space elevator" first appeared in 1895 when a Russian scientist named Konstantin Tsiolkovsky thought of a tower that would reach all the way into space. In 1957, Yuri Artsutanov came up with a more feasible plan for building a space tower. He suggested using a geostationary satellite as the base from which to build the tower. Using a counterweight, a cable descends from geostationary orbit to the Earth's surface while the counterweight extends from the satellite outside the Earth and the center of mass of the cable will be kept motionless relative to the Earth. Artsutanov published his idea in the Sunday supplement of Komsomolskaya Pravda in 1960.
This year, the competitors in "Technorush" will have to build a device that will climb an almost vertical rope (at an angle of 80 degrees to the ground), to a height of 25 meters (for this purpose, a huge crane will be brought to the Technion), and then glide from this height while raising a "space elevator" containing a cargo- Helpful, from the other end of a pulley (the position of the pulley will simulate the location of the space station and the course of the mission will simulate the movement of the space elevator).
Competitors must not use any energy source that involves combustion or any open flame. At a height of 12.5-17 meters, the facility must release a flag or other visual signal, which will mark the passage of the point of no return.
Prizes of ten thousand, 5000 and 3000 NIS will be awarded to the winners of the competition.
The "Technorush" competition is being held for the 12th year, in memory of its founder and founder, the late Niv-Ya Durban.
Niv-Ya, a student and an outstanding graduate of the Technion, was an officer in the IDF when he was murdered by a robber on a quiet street in Tel Aviv in March 2003. The competition and the prizes are sponsored by Dr. Robert Shilman ("Dr. Bob" by all), who paid off at the Technion. Yuri
Artsutanov comes to the Technion with the help of the Office of the Dean of Students and the Asher Space Research Institute and the foundation founded by the Norman and Helen Asher family from Chicago.
The competition will take place on Wednesday, 18.6, at 12:30 - 14:30, on the main avenue of the Technion.
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A competition of building toys that most likely would not last in the conditions of heat and cold prevailing in space.
Universities around the world are building robots that show new capabilities, while here we play as if.
It wasn't Arthur C.'s idea. Clark? I was sure by now that his original idea
http://asri.technion.ac.il/jacobs-ladder/
Space elevator project from 2008, Asher Space Institute, Technion
To all the skeptics of all kinds - perhaps your place is in the Knesset, not on a science website...
There is no doubt at all that an elevator is a better solution than huge rockets that have to carry a lot of fuel in order to raise more fuel high enough to carry a tiny PAYLOAD to orbit at the end.
The feasibility of a space elevator is no longer so far away... certainly not from DVB
Some improvements that no one refers to -
- The cable can be built with a profile that varies in thickness, so you can gain a factor of 2-<3 in the required strength
- The cable can be used as a conductor for the necessary energy (I don't understand why they invest so much in sending the energy
Even if they build the elevator from top to bottom from the geocentric point, every element that is lower, in order to make up for the weightlessness, must have a greater speed. so it can't be vertical.
There is no material in nature that will be placed from the crack upwards or upside down, that will not collapse.
The human mind is capable of fantasizing (for free) about anything. Unfortunately this idea is in the realm of fantasy without any scientific backing.
I take my hat off to those who are able to convince that it is applicable and more are making a living from it.
Perhaps, a space elevator should be built on the moon, and not in Israel, so that moving between the moon and Earth would be simpler.
You should build a research institute just for this.
At least there were patents.
Besides the materials that do not yet exist for construction, there are many safety problems here!
Imagine that a body tens of thousands of kilometers long will crash and fall from a similar height. How, for example, will we avoid space junk from colliding with it?, this is not a space station that we will move here or there to avoid a collision!.
I am pessimistic about the success of such a project and see no point in investing resources in it.
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Beyond what A said, just thinking about the problem will lead to developments that are indeed useful. Rai - velcro, emergency blankets, lithium batteries, water purification systems, electronics and so on.
For Michal, the idea is important. Not only because it is an effective transportation solution, but also because it can lead to a revolution in our technology, and in civil engineering. Research that will succeed in bringing about such a structure, will advance humanity by several degrees, in all material theory.
A primitive idea that has long since lost its cool, and only in Israel do people still deal with this nonsense - how typical.
It seems that the nano material, with the appropriate strength, has not yet been found. The delusional (and sad) thing, that he was murdered.