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There's no atmospheric absorption though, so that would compensate a bit. Building very tall structures would be easy in the low gravity, and you wouldn't need
by mark-r 7y ago
There's no atmospheric absorption though, so that would compensate a bit. Building very tall structures would be easy in the low gravity, and you wouldn't need to worry about earthquakes or storms.
- WalterBright 7y agoI'd often though that a rail or even cable should be strung to the top of Mt Everest, you'd make a fortune off of it shuttling tourists up and down all day.
- mark-r 7y agoThat would be quite the engineering feat - Everest is not exactly construction friendly. Pikes Peak used to have a train going to the top, but they closed it a couple of years ago. https://www.cograilway.com/rates-times.asp https://www.cograilway.com/rates-times.asp
- WalterBright 7y agoDo it via a tunnel, like the Eiger Jungfrau line. That way you won't have weather problems.