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22,000 miles might be necessary to escape the gravity well, but something substantially lower would still be of use.
by Lambdanaut 13y ago
22,000 miles might be necessary to escape the gravity well, but something substantially lower would still be of use.
- Zikes 13y agoThe cable has to be "anchored" beyond the point of geostationary orbit in order for it to pull itself taut and keep itself in orbit, else its own weight would cause it to simply fall back to Earth. Anything less than that would be an extremely tall building, and subject to the same limitations therein.
- Lambdanaut 13y agoPoint taken. That makes sense.