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Space elevators get you all the way out to geosync orbit (and beyond) - as you climb you accelerate as you move away from the surface of the earth, and so by th
by jameshart 5y ago
Space elevators get you all the way out to geosync orbit (and beyond) - as you climb you accelerate as you move away from the surface of the earth, and so by the time you reach geosync height you are traveling at orbital velocity.