[Uriah_lost]

Do we have a space elevator solution here? I’m using the concept in a story and it would be nice if I could use this to explain it. I hate having to use Star Trekian “techno-babble”.

[neverdem]

Do we have a space elevator solution here?

How about applications in deserts?

[DB]

As long as it doesn’t rain...

[Kozak]

Do we have a space elevator solution here? I’m using the concept in a story and it would be nice if I could use this to explain it. I hate having to use Star Trekian “techno-babble”.

Might want to check the weather before you hop on for a ride...

[Robert A Cook PE]

Until it gets wet, then the bonds break down - The sabotage to the space elevator is by breakdown of the “paint” (coating/insulation) and exposure of the inside fabric to humidity.

[alexander_busek]

>>Do we have a space elevator solution here? I’m using the concept in a story and it would be nice if I could use this to explain it. I hate having to use Star Trekian “techno-babble”.<<

There is no moisture in the vacuum of space. A space elevator (”beanstalk”) need not reach all the way down to the Earth’s surface, i.e., it need not be tethered to the ground. It could “stop” 20 km above the Earth’s surface.

Alternative solution: Reconfigure the deflector array and expose the graphene oxide to a beam of anti-tachyons.

[Spiff]

Do we have a space elevator solution here? I’m using the concept in a story and it would be nice if I could use this to explain it. I hate having to use Star Trekian “techno-babble”.

Wow! That's the first thing that I thought of. This graphene "super paper" could be used for the portion of the elevator outside the atmosphere, with carbon nanotube-based ribbon being used for the portion inside the earth's atmosphere (where it would encounter moisture). Either that, or use it the whole way with a layer of protection for the portion inside the atmosphere.

A manufacturing process could probably be developed which would allow this to be produced in continuous sheets.