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To: M Kehoe

Arthur C Clark, “The Fountains of Paradise” is credited with the notion, though variants are older. Google “space elevator”. A very long rope tethered to the earth, long enough that its center of gravity is beyond geostationary orbit, will remain vertical. The rope must be strong enough, stronger than current materials allow yet physics/chemistry indicates suitable materials are indeed possible. Efforts are underway to encourage the technology needed to build a space elevator.


15 posted on 10/13/2011 11:24:16 AM PDT by ctdonath2 ($1 meals: http://abuckaplate.blogspot.com/)
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To: ctdonath2
Efforts are underway to encourage the technology needed to build a space elevator.

It will never work. The human brain can't withstand that much elevator music.

27 posted on 10/13/2011 11:53:45 AM PDT by Reeses
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To: ctdonath2; Lurker; Paradox; Red Badger
Thanks ya'all. I believe it was Heinlein's Friday where I read it. T'was a long time ago.

5.56mm

29 posted on 10/13/2011 12:04:59 PM PDT by M Kehoe
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