Talk:Endymion/@comment-76.126.17.11-20130917104759

On the comment "According to Uiharu Kazari there were difficulties in constructing the elevator in Japan instead of the prescribed constructing of it in the equator," there's a very good reason for this in physics. Around the equator the distance, trajectory and velocity of an orbiting geostationary satellite platform will never change relative to the Earth unless induced by an outside force. Thus, if a line is connected to said satellite from the surface, it will tend to remain perfectly vertical.

If, however, the satellite were placed into orbit somewhere besides the equator--such as Academy City in Japan--and a line were connected to it from the surface, there would be serious torsional forces trying to destroy the connection at any given moment. Yes, it would technically be possible to correct this by giving the satellite its own ability to modulate orbital position and velocity, but that wastes power and/or fuel. Building an orbital elevator platform around the equator requires no such expense of energy/fuel to maintain a safe position.

An analysis of the orbital elevator idea from an Anime perspective was actually provided back in the 2012 on the blurays for legendary GAINAX Anime 'Gunbuster' in one of its all-new science lessons. Here is the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSUTXzCN_Qk

And here is the translation: http://pastebin.com/FYjLYF2N