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Lighter-Than-Air-Bridge II: Tethered Gondolas Would something like this be feasible? Span of bridge is approximately 5km. Height above canyon floor is approximately 800 meters (1/2 mile). Bridge structurally close to neutral. Tethered dirigibles carry extra load. Tube trams carry passengers. Structure is flexible, actively conformal and segmen... (more) |
— | about 9 years ago |
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Lighter-Than-Air Bridge Technology Imagine a very long bridge (Visbi Bridge - named after the designer) across an immense canyon - really almost a wide deep gorge -use on an earth-like world. My concept is that part of the support of the bridge would be a ballon-like, lighter-than-air technology of some kind. The ends of the bridge wo... (more) |
— | over 9 years ago |