Re: Gravity profile up the beanstalk

Tim Little wrote:
> On 2008-03-02, Simon Morden <simon.morden@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
> 
>>This being the case, the waystation will have gravity (towards
>>Earth) pro****tional to r^2 minus that due to its rotational v? And
>>not in freefall as I've described in the first draft?
> 
> 
> Inversely pro****tional to r^2, where r = altitude + Earth's radius.
> Also subtract w^2 r, where w is the constant 2*pi/day angular speed.
> 
>

That's the fella. I do know this stuff (honest) but I seem to have 
tem****arily mislaid my brain.

Simon Morden
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