Re: wired - What Happens If a Space Elevator Breaks?
"Jim Wilkins" <[email protected]> Sun, 23 Jan 2022 16:53:32 -0500
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"a425couple" wrote in message news:[email protected]... from https://www.wired.com/story/what-happens-if-a-space-elevator-breaks/ What Happens If a Space Elevator Breaks These structures are a sci-fi solution to the problem of getting objects into orbit without a rocket—but you don’t want to be under one if the cable snaps. ------------------------ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fountains_of_Paradise Clarke's home on Sri Lanka (Ceylon) was nearly the right place to build it.