Dragaera

floating castles

Wed Sep 3 12:56:10 PDT 2003


-----Original Message-----
From: 'Matthew Hunter' [mailto:matthew at infodancer.org] 
Sent: 03 September 2003 16:39
To: dragaera at dragaera.info
Subject: Re: floating castles


>> 2. The rope would have to be several miles long as a single strand and 
>> strong enough to support it's own weight and the cargo.

>My God Man, have you never heard of knots?  We are not building a 
>space elevator!

Somebody mentioned using a block and tackle (well pulleys anyway).  Putting
a rope with knots in it through a block and tackle is very difficult.
And why not a space elevator! :) 

Mark


P.S. I can't understand why the Dragereans are so focused on their own
world.  They know that other worlds exist.