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On Sat, 28 Dec 2002, Jon Palmer wrote:
> Imagine a winch pulling a rope or cable through a series of pulleys
> (horizontal) that are staked to the ground. The pulleys are arranged so that
> the rope makes a zig zag pattern on the ground. There is an object at one
> end of the cable, being reeled in by the winch at the other end (ignore for
> now that the object would collide with the pulleys) • ...
> Thoughts?
It would be far more efficient to attach thrusters to the
object being winched and move it to that location - or, if
that is not possible, attach the tether line (which you've
got on your object being moved) to a tow ship.
Assuming that the object being winched is not itself
generating thrust in the opposite direction or is not
being affected by gravity, even a small 'tug' can move a
large ship (it just will have a maximum that it can apply
to meters-per-second).
BUT: what you're talking about is doable. Just not very
practical.
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