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0x0@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

a space elevator

You’d have to harness carbon nanotubes first… then deal with all the debris in LEO, then come up with an elevator that doesn’t take days to reach GEO (granted the counterweight can rest there and the cab can stop sooner).

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ininewcrow@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
This is a joke meme that doesn’t mean anything … just like the American public transport system.

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Bytemeister@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Easy, just attach a huge rocket to the bottom of the elevator, problem solved. Oh, use AI to design the rocket, make the ticketing system use block chain, and when you get to orbit, a robot remotely operated by a human on the ground (but prentends to be fully autonomous) take a picture of you and generates an NFT of it that you can purchase for 35000 USD in the gift shop.

I’ll be over here swimming in my money pool.

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