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This guy did some simulations on cable breakage: http://gassend.net/spaceelevator/breaks/ http://gassend.net/spaceelevator/breaks/
by lkbm 7y ago
This guy did some simulations on cable breakage: http://gassend.net/spaceelevator/breaks/ http://gassend.net/spaceelevator/breaks/
- isoprophlex 7y agoThis is fantastic, thanks! If that cable resist interaction with the atmosphere, some people on earth are going to be royally fucked http://gassend.net/spaceelevator/breaks/break100.gif http://gassend.net/spaceelevator/breaks/break100.gif Interestingly most debris on the tail end appears to be ejected outward rather violently
- lkbm 7y agoI've heard them described as a very thin ribbon, in which case it would be (thousands of tons of) material wafting down like paper, not a heavy cable slamming into the ground and crushing buildings. I don't know if that describes the standard design, or just one particular one.