• crystalmerchant@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    stacked tall enough…? The space elevator concept is a geostationary node orbiting earth directly above a fixed point, with cables running between them. Not a gigantic skyscraper up into the sky. What am I missing?

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      1 year ago

      You probably haven’t read 3001: the final odissey, in any case i think most ideas of space elevators are not like a lift, they are more like skyscrapers indeed.
      Edit: i might be very wrong though, i’m not up to date on this