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Have you ever tried to balance a string on its end? It gets harder, the longer the string is. There aren’t any other physics than that.
by fijiaarone 11mo ago
Have you ever tried to balance a string on its end? It gets harder, the longer the string is. There aren’t any other physics than that.
- hermitcrab 11mo agoI think most plans envisage a large mass (such as a captured asteroid) in geostationary orbit to anchor the top of the elevator cable.
- LorenPechtel 11mo agoTension, not compression. Doesn't matter how floppy it is.