Pretty sure they have more than one cable on this thing.
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TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 1 week ago
As cool as this is, I"m also super interested in what happens if when the cable breaks.
funkajunk@lemmy.world 1 week ago
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Ok.
As cool as this is, I"m also super interested in what happens if when the cables breaks.
Like, how far will it go? A hundred kilometers? a thousand? Ten thousand? I just imagine one of things getting lose and it circling half the globe.
CouldntCareBear@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Same as if you let go of a kite. It’ll just tumble back down to Earth over some distance.