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Carousel Spacecraft Electrical Lift
Around the Earth Up To GEO
James E. D. Cline
Exploring both the technological feasibility,
and the potential impact on civilization, of a
nontether, kinetic energy supported, electrical
lift rail system operating between ground and
GEO
For more info, visit www.kestsgeo.com

Copyright 2005 © James E. D. Cline.
The intent here is to provide a conceptual
outline for an alternate, very positive, near
future pathway into space for civilization
• Provide transportation technological basis
• Use the electrodynamic interactions in
synchronous electric motor technology
• Would allow construction of Satellite
Solar Power Stations finally in GEO
• Allow massspectrometer type total
recycling in GEO; Spaceports in GEO

Conceptual complexity vs.
physical size
• The common CD/DVD drive in today’s
computers and music systems has a similar
basic conceptual complexity
• Both utilize datacontrolled synchronous
rotary and linear electric motor principles
• But the Space Carousel would have much
greater 131,300 Km perimeter

A sliding mass within a curved
track structure exerts an
outward force on the track
Sliding Track Track experiences upward

thrust while armature segment
experiences downward thrust
Armature Segment

Dots represent armature
segments mass stream
Spacecraft being raised

by Escalator Carousel
Space Escalator Carousel

motor structure
Earth’s equator
Geostationary Earth Orbit
Spacecraft being lowered

Synchronous mass driver for
armature mass stream
Similarly, mass sliding in a curved track entirely
around the earth produces an outward force opposite

to the force of gravity, supporting track’s weight



motor structure
Earth’s equator

The velocity of the sliding mass is chosen to be
slightly greater than that needed to just offset the

weight of the track, its tubing and loads



motor structure
Earth’s equator

Also, the outertrack spacecraft are being lifted up
along the structure by loosely dragging against the

upwardmoving mass sliding on the inner track.



motor structure
Earth’s equator

So the structural weight support is primarily a rotary
electrical motor function, and the lift of captive

spacecraft is a servoed linear motor function



motor structure
Earth’s equator

Electrical power is input to the synchronous mass
drivers at the earth terminal site, there converted into

kinetic energy of the sliding armature mass streams.



motor structure
Earth’s equator

That kinetic energy is thus distributed throughout the
structure, and in turn can be electromagnetically

tapped into anywhere, for lifting or servopositioning.



motor structure
Earth’s equator

The sliding armature mass streams are in contra
rotating paired sets to balance gyroscopic

precession, and flow in a cycloid path as the earth

rotates. Copyright 2005 © James E. D. Cline.


motor structure
Earth’s equator

Within the atmosphere, the tubing protects the
meteoric velocity armature mass streams from

contact with the air.
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A proposed new
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transportation system needs
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to provide initial vision as
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to what possibilities it
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electrical equivalent of the
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energy that is given to a
mass by moving it from the
1 Earth’s equator equatorial surface up to
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Escalator Carousel
Captive spacecraft
GEO is only 15.7 KWh/Kg,
4 GEO Spaceport an electrically powered
5 SSPS
6 Microwave beam transportation system
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Mass spec recycler
Shielded habitat
functioning with an order of
9 GEO
10 Ground terminal
magnitude of that value,
11 GEO terminal seems likely to allow
applications such as:

5 Construction of
adequate Satellite Solar
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Power Stations in GEO
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to cleanly power
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3 worldwide civilization
3 worldwide, dropping
CO2 accumulation. And
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2
Earth’s equator
Escalator Carousel
powering lift to GEO
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Captive spacecraft
GEO Spaceport
from solar power
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SSPS
Microwave beam
thereafter, regardless of
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Mass spec recycler
Shielded habitat
fluctuations in
9 GEO
10 Ground terminal
conventional energy
11 GEO terminal
supplies.

5 Construction of large
scale solar powered
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mass-spectrometer type
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total recycling plants in
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3 GEO to change toxic or
3 entropicaly
amalgamated waste
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2
Earth’s equator
Escalator Carousel
materials back to useful
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Captive spacecraft
GEO Spaceport
pure forms. Provide
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SSPS
Microwave beam
economical
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Mass spec recycler
Shielded habitat
transportation of those
9 GEO
10 Ground terminal
materials between the
11 GEO terminal
ground and the GEO

recycling plants.
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Shift all spaceport
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reaction engined
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vehicle launch
5 2 11
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facilities up to GEO.
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The electrical lift to
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start journeys already
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91% up out of earth’s

1 Earth’s equator gravitational energy
2 Escalator Carousel
3 Captive spacecraft well, in huge
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spacecraft built there,
GEO Spaceport
5 SSPS
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make entirely new
Microwave beam
7 Mass spec recycler
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kinds of space
Shielded habitat
9 GEO
10 Ground terminal
11 GEO terminal ventures, and new
adventures, possible.

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Building with an eye toward
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lifting civilization’s load on
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the earth surface ecosystem
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long term, construction of
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1
8 prototypes of passively
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shielded Stanford Torus
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type, 10,000 person each,
comfortable space habitats
1 Earth’s equator in GEO. And, the Space
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Captive spacecraft
Carousel could couple the
4 GEO Spaceport earth’s rotational energy to
5 SSPS
6 Microwave beam keep a slightly higher orbit
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Mass spec recycler
Shielded habitat
tensile linked full ring of
9 GEO
10 Ground terminal
habitats in GEO from
11 GEO terminal collapse, room for 15
billion people.

Next Steps: A new field of transportation technology
is proposed to be created
• Develop mathematical modeling of the overall
transportation system electromechanical dynamics
• R&D on the basic armature mass stream technique for
synchronously transferring energy and momentum along
inductive magnetic levitation tracks in a hard vacuum at
Km/s velocities
• A side project to use wet-launch technology to put a
prototype 200-person toroidal rotating habitat in LEO
• Prepare for practice with earth-encircling emplacement
techniques
• Explore ways to deal with current lack of acceptance by
the present business system.

Conclusion 5
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Given wholesome adequate

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means for human coping with 5
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stress of change during the 1

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development, construction and 9 10

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application of a carousel space

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elevator project with its enabled

applications, this system surely
could provide wholesome new
direction to the vigorous drama of people in the flow
of civilization to increase the survivability of all, in the
race for completion and application before exhaustion
of low cost, high energy supplies.

Email: jedcline@kestsgeo.com jedcline@earthlink.net

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Sliding Track Track experiences upward

Spacecraft being raised

Space Escalator Carousel

Geostationary Earth Orbit

Spacecraft being lowered

Spacecraft being raised

Space Escalator Carousel

Geostationary Earth Orbit

Spacecraft being lowered

Spacecraft being raised

Space Escalator Carousel

Geostationary Earth Orbit

Spacecraft being lowered

Spacecraft being raised

Space Escalator Carousel

Geostationary Earth Orbit

Spacecraft being lowered

Spacecraft being raised

Space Escalator Carousel

Geostationary Earth Orbit

Spacecraft being lowered

Spacecraft being raised

Space Escalator Carousel

Geostationary Earth Orbit

Spacecraft being lowered

Spacecraft being raised

Space Escalator Carousel

Geostationary Earth Orbit

Spacecraft being lowered

Spacecraft being raised

Space Escalator Carousel

Geostationary Earth Orbit

Spacecraft being lowered

91% up out of earth’s

Given wholesome adequate

means for human coping with 5

stress of change during the 1

development, construction and 9 10

application of a carousel space

elevator project with its enabled

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