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With these sorts of technologies I wonder if it just makes more sense to lay whatever needs to be paid to build a space elevator or equivalent and be done with
by endisneigh 5y ago
With these sorts of technologies I wonder if it just makes more sense to lay whatever needs to be paid to build a space elevator or equivalent and be done with it.
- pstuart 5y agoIsn't there still the small problem of actually having the technology exist to do it?
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- Arainach 5y agoWhat makes you think the problem is money and not materials science? We have no substance suitable for the cable. The closest we've come is various nanofilaments that we can perhaps produce in centimeters, not kilometers.
- endisneigh 5y agoI agree that the problem is materials science. My point is how much money is actually being allocated towards that vs sending stuff in space, to what end? I don’t follow material science stuff super closely but as far as I’m aware the investment is orders of magnitude less than propulsion and other tech. Then again these things just take time unfortunately
- zardo 5y agoI recall excitement that https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossal_carbon_tube https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossal_carbon_tube were just the ticket. But since there has been zilch published on them in the last 14 years, I'm guessing the original work couldn't be reproduced.
- bluescrn 5y agoBecause every fictional space elevator seems to end in disaster?