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Number: 1974 Name: KESTS EMPLACEMENT 2

Address: J.E.D.CLINE1 Date: 920120

Approximate # of bytes: 4160

Number of Accesses: 2 Library: 7

Description:

Proposing a new technique for emplacing a KESTS space transportation

structure. Uses chemical fuels to provide initial energy,

then switches to electromagnetic coupling to guide and re-accellerate

the extremely long chain of masses which stores the energy that

would support the KESTS. Also brief history of previous emplacement

techniques. A description of the form of the mechanism for chemical

fueled initial accelleration will be given in a following file if

interest is expressed by users of the library.

Keywords: KESTS,emplacement,transportaion

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KESTS EMPLACEMENT REVISITED 2

By J. E. D. Cline

This file proposes another method to emplace a KESTS (Kinetic Energy

Supported Transportation Structure) between Earth surface and space.

The enormous difficulties in 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 by Keith Loftstrom, Rod Hyde,

Smith, and myself, 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 kreflector 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 new, rather brute force method which uses better known technology is

being proposed now here which 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 would use chemical reaction engine

technology to initially accellerate a chain of objects that form the energy

storage mechanism that will eventually support the KESTS. This technique

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 magnetically-coupled objects or missiles, accellerated

first by a modified form of chemical reaction engine technology or by

electromagnetic rail technology. The front 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

reaccellerated.

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 reaccelleration 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 tubes 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 in files such as

Spaceport files # 747 and 927. 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 14-19, 1992; Canoga Park, CA

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