tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596550435682943926.post4754826900543216929..comments2024-03-21T17:50:42.377-07:00Comments on Hop's Blog: How Wolfe's tether spreadsheet worksHop Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923433894475072056noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596550435682943926.post-36404204806833380552020-12-01T08:53:26.857-08:002020-12-01T08:53:26.857-08:00Hi, I recently ran into your interesting blog rega...Hi, I recently ran into your interesting blog regarding space tethers and had looked into<br />your Lower Phobos spreadsheet. I have a question regarding the 'Up Tether' Excel Spreadsheet.<br />In there, the initial tether force is set to 'zero' while for the 'Down Tether' Spreadsheet, the initial Total Force is the sum of The Station Force + The Payload Force. Why would the one in the 'Up Tether' case is zero and as the position varies from position 1.7358E+07 towards the end, the total force only includes the 'Payload Force' while ignoring the 'Station Force'.<br />Just curious to know and hope you can point it out to me. Thank you very much for the trouble. Cheers. Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01281658728666076746noreply@blogger.com