Orion Lift Development

Orion lift is an orbiting atomic platform with virtually pulse atomic power. It uses the same physical containment structure and power as the Orion space ship. It is the engine of the Orion ship being used as an orbiting crane or tugboat. The scenario is therefore as follows.

The orbiting platform drops the cable of any weight which falls back to earth. There is no attempt to hinder the speed of the falling cable and hence forces do not act upon the orbiting atomic platform. The cable end is aimed to fall upon a tall flat tower and a mechanism then deflects the continuing falling cable off the tower to the ground below. The cable continues to fall and coil up on the ground. The cable end remains on top of the tower in a safe stationary position. The cargo is then quickly attached to this "safe" end. The orbiting atomic platform then fires an atomic pulse and hoists the entire cable length and cargo back into space.

Orion Lift Development continued

To reiterate, this is something achieved by the assumption of unlimited pulse atomic power being at the disposal of the orbiting platform.

What type of cable could be up to the job? With the weight of the cable not an issue, what width would be required to support cargos in factors of 1,000 KG? What potential problems related to the fall of the cable, the impact with the tower and the coiling up of the still falling cable on the ground while the cargo is being attached to the cable end?

There are several ways of understanding this type of unique design. One image is that of a "lizards tongue", darting out and snapping back. Another is to view it as similar to a bungee jump drop.