Comment on If a Space Elevator became a reality, wouldn't the cable act as a kind of wick for all of the unfiltered radiation from outside our atmosphere?

mech@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• black_flag@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Oops we accidentally cut earth like a big wheel of cheese

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  • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Yum!

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• TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  If a space elevator happened, I would certainly make sure I don’t live in its flattening path around the equator

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• funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  wouldn’t it be a 125–250 mile cable tops?

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  • mech@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    No, the other end needs to be in geostationary orbit. Otherwise the wrapping of the cable around the equator will start a lot sooner.

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    • UnspecificGravity@piefed.social ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      How do you anchor the end in space so that you don’t just retract the cable every time you try to use it?

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      • mech@feddit.org ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        That’s the neat thing about geostationary orbit. If the station at the upper end has enough mass, its own centrifugal force keeps it anchored in its orbit.

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      • CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        If you figure that out give NASA a call, they’d be real interested.

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