Re:Space Elevators Are Possible
by kamaal on Wednesday February 26, 2014 @03:03AM
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I think you are essentially talking about a 'traffic signal' equivalent of space.
If launching satellite becomes cheap with space elevators. You are going to have absolute mad rush to launch satellites, any way. In any such situation, you will have a lot of satellite traffic up there and merely managing that traffic among satellites itself is going to be difficult.
But even if you discount space elevators, if cost of launching satellites gets cheaper by the day. At some point you have to worry about this satellite traffic problem.
If launching satellite becomes cheap with space elevators. You are going to have absolute mad rush to launch satellites, any way. In any such situation, you will have a lot of satellite traffic up there and merely managing that traffic among satellites itself is going to be difficult.
But even if you discount space elevators, if cost of launching satellites gets cheaper by the day. At some point you have to worry about this satellite traffic problem.