[PCBMan]

At least the CNN page has a graphic. I've been wondering for years how this was supposed to look. How big would that counterweight be, anyway? What happens when something runs into the cable?

[Neville72]

The asteroid as a counterweight idea has gone by the wayside. Calculations have shown that the weight of the ribbon itself and the climber that constructs it out to the 62,000 mile limit are sufficent weight to serve that function

[Neville72]

Check this out. View of earth from geosynchronous level of space elevator: View of earth from the "bitter end" of the space elevator tether: Yowza!