Apr 21, 2023 19:00:00

A website 'Space Elevator' that allows you to deepen your knowledge about space and the sky in the process of space travel on an orbital elevator

' Space Elevator ' is a site where you can deepen your knowledge about the sky and space while riding

an orbital elevator that extends from the surface of the earth to space and gradually ascending the atmosphere.

Space Elevator
https://neal.fun/space-elevator/

When you access the Space Elevator, the following image is displayed. In the center of the screen is an instruction 'Scroll Up!'

When you scroll the screen upward according to this, the elevator at the left end of the screen starts moving, and the current altitude is displayed at the bottom center of the screen. For example, there is 'Hummingbard' at an altitude of 143 meters, and it is understood that the height when the hummingbird flies in the sky is about this. Fireworks (about 270 meters), balloons (about 830 meters), and

Blériot XI (about 1100 meters) are at similar altitudes.

At an altitude of about 1300 meters 'Welcome to the orbital elevator, the only elevator that takes you to space. Now you are in

the troposphere , the lowest layer of the atmosphere. The troposphere contains 99% of the water vapor in the atmosphere.' Trivia was displayed. It is said that the troposphere contains 99% of the water vapor in the atmosphere, and rain pours down on the screen. Pigeons, hang gliders, and Mi-12 are flying at altitudes of over 2,000 meters, and thunderheads, which are the source of rain, also exist at this altitude.

Cumulonimbus clouds that generate thunder, tornadoes, hail, etc. occur at altitudes of 3700 to 5500 meters. Flying at the same altitude as the cumulonimbus are Shubashiko (about 4000 meters), Cessna 172 (about 4300 meters), Zeppelin (about 4900 meters), and bumblebee (about 5600 meters).

Cirrus clouds that occur at an altitude of 7000 to 7700 meters are clouds made of ice crystals. At this altitude Douglas DC-3 (~7200m) and Bearded Vulture (~7400m) fly.

Above 8,000 meters, this area is called the 'death zone' because the oxygen necessary for human life is insufficient. Whooper swans (about 8300 meters) and Indian geese (about 8900 meters) fly through this death zone.

Cirrocumulus clouds form at altitudes above 10,000 meters. Jet airliners (about 9800 meters) and Spitfires (about 10,300 meters) are flying around.

At an altitude of over 11,000m,

the Rüppel vulture, which is said to be the highest flying bird in the world, flies. In addition, from here you can wear 'space suit' and adventure. If you click, you can dress the person in the elevator in your favorite clothes.

Above 12,000 meters, the atmospheric pressure drops and the temperature required to boil water drops, so water boils at just 54 degrees. Furthermore,

a jet stream occurs at an altitude of 13,000 meters. It seems that the jet stream can reach a maximum speed of 450 km / h. Only aircraft and fighters such as SA 315B Lama and F-35 (about 14,900 meters) fly around.

When the altitude exceeds 15,000 meters, it enters

the stratosphere . The stratosphere contains the ozone layer , which protects us from harmful UV rays. In the troposphere, the temperature decreases with altitude, but in the stratosphere, the temperature increases with altitude.

At altitudes above 19,000 meters, saliva and tears will boil without a pressure suit.

Mother-of-pearl clouds occur at an altitude of around 20,000 meters. Mother-of-pearl clouds are made up of tiny ice particles and are characterized by their colorful diffusion of light.

As the air becomes thinner, there are fewer molecules that scatter light, so the sky gets darker from around 22,000 meters. One of the fastest aircraft ever, flying at more than three times the speed of sound,

the SR-71 flies at altitudes of around 26,000 meters.

As the altitude increases, there are no more flying objects around, so there are more text-based trivia. For example, the ash cloud of

the Vesuvius eruption that destroyed Pompeii , an ancient city at the foot of Mount Vesuvius in Italy, seems to have rolled up to an altitude of 33,000 meters. Also, the altitude of 38,000 meters is equivalent to 0.01% of the distance from the earth to the moon. In addition, it seems that the mushroom cloud generated in the Bravo test, the first nuclear test using a high-power thermonuclear bomb, reached an altitude of about 40,000 meters.

In addition, the Chelyabinsk meteorite (about 45,000 meters) was displayed at an altitude of over 40,000 meters. This meteorite is a meteorite that crashed in Russia in 2013, and you can check how the moment of the crash was taken from the ground in the following article.

A movie summary of a ridiculous moment of a meteorite that crashed into Russia - GIGAZINE

From an altitude of 50,000 meters, it becomes the mesosphere . It seems that the mesosphere corresponds to the turning point of the way to the universe. The air in the mesosphere is very thin and has less than 1% of the pressure of air at sea level. The Saturn V , a multi-stage rocket used in the Apollo program, separated the first stage rocket at about 61,000 meters in the mesosphere.

The Space Shuttle's atmospheric re-entry is performed at an altitude of around 71,000 meters.

Noctilucent clouds form at the highest altitudes in the atmosphere. These noctilucent clouds can only be seen at night and in high latitudes. Most meteors burn up in this mesosphere.

SpaceX's reusable rocket

Falcon 9 separates the first booster at an altitude of 82,000 meters.

It enters

the thermosphere from an altitude of 85,000 meters. The thermosphere is the final layer of the journey into space. In addition, particles from the sun hit molecules in the atmosphere in the thermosphere, and atoms in the air are excited and emit light, forming an aurora.

Space is said to begin at an altitude of 100,000 meters (Kerman line), and beyond this point, the journey of the orbital elevator finally ends. In addition to this, it is full of trivial knowledge about the universe and the sky, so if you are interested, please scroll and check it yourself.