Re: wired - What Happens If a Space Elevator Breaks?

On 01/26/22 08:14, a425couple wrote:
> 
> I can accept that it is quite possible,
> that "sooner or later someone will hit -- the cable".
> 
> But it will be have to be extremely strong.
> And that is the reason it has not been built yet.
> We do not have the materials strong enough
> (and at same time "light enough")
> to build it.
> 
> But meanwhile, and thankfully, people like
> Musk making rockets reusable have already
> greatly reduced the cost of putting objects
> into orbit, and space.
> 
> In my opinion, we need to keep making real progress,
> while steadily looking for big breakthroughs
> in science like a workable space elevator would be.

Graphene is a popular material for one in current science fiction...