> Why bring up space elevators if you have no interest in saying or learning something about them? Because when I looked into space elevators, the main problem

> Why bring up space elevators if you have no interest in saying or learning something about them? Because when I looked into space elevators, the main problem was getting the cable strong enough for its weight. So, with spider silk, already amazingly strong, with carbon, a first guess, or hope, for an application would be for a space elevator. So, in response to the OP, I mentioned the cable, string, whatever, for skyhooks, space elevators, or whatever. Again, my understanding is that space elevators are well enough understood and the main issue is just the cable. So, given the OP, I mentioned the cable, mostly just the cable, without digging into the well understood details of space elevators. I wasn't trying to discuss space elevators in general, just the cable and just in response to the OP.