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To: ckilmer

62,000 miles at “at train-like speeds?”

If the train-like speed is based on Amtrak they better pack a lunch.

Seriously, even at the speed of a bullet train or ICE the trip up will take up to 13 days.


62 posted on 02/23/2014 5:45:08 AM PST by Gamecock (Grace is not opposed to human activity. It's opposed to human merit. MSH)
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To: Gamecock

I’m not so sure that they’ll go the entire distance on the elevator. The line may have be anchored out at 62000 miles but they may only go up part of the distance. Low earth orbit after all is only a couple hundred miles up.


68 posted on 02/23/2014 6:25:55 AM PST by ckilmer
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