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Number: 1962 Name: KESTS EMPLACEMENT

Address: J.E.D.CLINE1 Date: 920117

Approximate # of bytes: 3631

Number of Accesses: 2 Library: 3

Description:

A short history of KSTS Kinetic Energy Supported

Transportation Structures, and a new proposed technique

using more brute force conventional technology.

Keywords: KESTS,transportation

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KESTS EMPLACEMENT REVISITED

By J. E. D. Cline

Emplacement of KESTS into space from earth surface is sometimes glossed

over, in the enthusiasm for the tremendous potential of the KESTS to

provide truely massive efficient payload transfer between Earth surface and

space near the Earth. However, there is frustration in trying to figure

out how to get the KESTS up there in the first place. Suggestions so far

have been:

Launch Loop, Keith Loftstrom

Starbridge, Rod Hyde

Texas RR, Smith

Millidiameter KESTS, JED Cline

The techniques by Loftstrom and Smith involve laying the loop mechanism on

Earth surface across at least one ocean, then accellerating the loop

mechanism until it rises, or by carrying the upper portion of the loop

aloft with baloons prior to accelleration. Hyde's verticle form of KESTS

would be built by inserting new evacuated sections at the Earth surface

launch point, incrementally raising the upper reflector end as sections

are added at its surface base. Cline's technique uses the force of

reflection off the upper end of a flexible small-diameter KESTS to propel

and guide the emplacement of a small seed structure, then build ever larger

KESTS structure on that one in bootstrap fashion.

A brute force method which uses better known technology might catch the

interest of the public, thus gaining support, perhaps. The concept to be

presented here is such a method.

Briefly, this emplacement method establishes a tubeless KESTS first, then

installs evacuated tubing around it, forming the basic structure of the

KESTS. The tubeless KESTS is an immense chain of missiles, accellerated

with chemical reaction engine technology or by electromagnetic rail

technology. The lead missile takes the brunt of punishment, slamming

through the air at meteoric velocities. The following links in the chain

are missles which are in the vacuum formed by the lead missile, and have

only a relativbely minor effort to eject the air molecules that try to get

in between the missle chain links.

The chain of orbital velocity missiles starts at earth surface, rapidly

goes upward out beyond the atmosphere, coasting in trajectory around the

planet to re-entry headed for its point of origin. When the lead missile

reaches the starting point, it is joined to the chain at that point, and

re-accellerated.

The contra-rotating version is then started up in the opposite direction

alongside the new tubeless KESTS. It too loops around the Earth to rejoin

itself at the surface contact re-accelleration site. The two chains of

orbital velocity missiles are configured to electromagnetically couple

laterally, using electromagnetic position lateral linking nearly

frictionlessly.

The pair of sheathing tubse are then laid upon the two speeding chains of

missles, its weight supported by the rising side of the dual chain of

missiles, sliding on the electromagnetic bearing surfaces of the outside

surface of the chain of missles. Laid along the length of the KESTS, it is

next sealed and evacuated. By this time all re-accelleration of the KESTS

missles is electromagnetic.

Thus we arrive at the form of KESTS described previously. If the KESTS

rises short of GEO, the payload vehicles traveling along it will need an

extra boost as it leaves the KESTS, in order to stay in orbit; if the KESTS

transportAtion structure goes all the way to GEO, then payload reaching

there will just stay there without need for local boosting once separated

from the KESTS.

By James E. D. (Dave) Cline; January 14-17, 1992; Canoga Park, CA 91303

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