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The cable would fall away from the direction of rotation, whilst the top would stay in geostationary orbit, so a lot of damae could be avoided by simply building it on the west coast, also, the seer mass of the falling cable would cause it to fall in a short area relative to the cables actual length.

Top find, just had a good browse, book marked for later absorbtion

One of the things I love about NASA is ther open book policy (unless your a UFO spotter) Heck, I could built a Saturn V from the podcasts I have :P Seriously though the Methane on Mars could be due to a whole host of reasone, the most exciting of which is microbial life, and as to how different it c...

Something for those who are interested in the search for extra solar planets (last time i checked there are over 200) The Kepler space telescope will be launched later this year, and is currently at NASA getting prepped for launch http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/search.cfm?cat=194 or http://kepler....

Hmm, i hate grey areas, I'll ask permission, quote fair use and bung the site in the credits as/when i get round to using it

Thanks guys, just looking at that thread now

Hey guys and girls, lads and ladies, and everyone who takes turns :) Jut a quick hi from me, I'm relatively new to astronomy as a hobby and interest. I found Celestia by blind luck, but I am really glad I did, fantastic piece of software. I was wandering if there would be any problems with me using ...