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The cables don't keep it up, they're like guide wires on radio masts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_masts_and_towers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_ma
by chriswarbo 8y ago
The cables don't keep it up, they're like guide wires on radio masts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_masts_and_towers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_masts_and_towers
The "support" comes from the momentum of the moving parts within the cable.
- RIMR 8y agoOh, so it's just one mechanical failure away from crashing down to Earth...
- chriswarbo 8y agoIt depends what sort of failure. Many sorts of failure would not be a problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redundancy_(engineering) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redundancy_(engineering)