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No, it wouldn't, but "assuming it can be built" is a pretty tall order. We don't really know how to reliably manufacture materials that can sustain the loads r
by ohazi 8y ago
No, it wouldn't, but "assuming it can be built" is a pretty tall order.
We don't really know how to reliably manufacture materials that can sustain the loads required for something like this.
- watersb 8y ago> a pretty tall order . . .
- ur-whale 8y agoYes, I do understand that we have an unsolved material science problem for the space elevator, but my question was more theoretical (hence the "assuming that") and boiled down to: "doesn't the hypothetical space elevator break the tyranny of the rocket equation?" (which you did answer).