To: noiseman
It would seem to me that a space elevator is physically impractical, if not impossible.
The space end of the cable would have to have some kind of engine to keep the cable from collapsing under its own weight back to earth. Then, add the weight of the elevator and payload pulling on the cable.
Just doesn't feasible.
To: atomicweeder
Centripetal force is fun!
To: atomicweeder
It would stay up. Remember it’s spinning along with the earth, the somewhat fictional centripetal force would keep it from falling back to earth.
The real problem lies in creating a cable that wouldn’t snap in two from the stress.
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11/05/2009 7:04:05 PM PST by
eclecticEel
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