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This is a bit late but I'm announcing the release of my version 2.0 Mars Rotovator at Celestia Motherlode. Here's the link: http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/catalog/show_addon_details.php?addon_id=1535 The models were borrowed and in some cases modified with approval from Tom Guilpain, Rob Sanders,...

Here's my contribution. It's a little video that I put together using Celestia and Movie Maker. It shows a Martian orbital rotating momentum exchange tether (rotovator) accelerating a spaceship to beyond escape velocity and sending it to another part of the solar system. nyar http://www.youtube.com/...

Hi. I'm posting a few pics from my new martian rotovator system. It grants me some spectacular shots. For those who don't know, a rotovator is a giant sized rotating orbital tether, smaller than the traditional geosynchronous tether but still immense. And far more practical, especially on a low grav...