I get hints of a joke from your comment but I’m not certain, so I’ll mention that space elevators are currently impossible because the weight of the material to build it wouldn’t be able to support itself.
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thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months agothe real problem is we keep trying from the ground up
it’s going to win when we can lower it
KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
Zachariah@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Dagwood222@lemm.ee 10 months ago
I remember an Arthur Clarke novel where a space ship needs water from the planet below. The easiest thing is to lower cables from space and then lift some ice bergs.