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• ben_w 4y ago
  That fails to illuminate very much. Also, ring != elevator. Probably still want to engineer it such that destruction is controlled rather than uncontrollable, but the biggest issue with it being destroyed would be no longer having it; the damage would be mostly within a meter or so of where it lands, which isn't great but it's also not devastating unless you happen to be that close. Think a very long I-beam falling off a skyscraper during construction, not an asteroid.