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Trying to make a 100 meter structure of this kind is madness There are no materials that are stiff enough at that size - not even carbon fiber. The biggest sh
by rep_movsd 4y ago
Trying to make a 100 meter structure of this kind is madness
There are no materials that are stiff enough at that size - not even carbon fiber.
The biggest ships engine shafts are literally like pasta and only work because they are mounted on dozens of bearings at regularly spaced intervals.
- kragen 4y agoNot even wrong. Water isn't vacuum. cf. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31036411 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31036411