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Re: Going up
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Wed, 27 Apr 2005 18:05:42 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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IF you have the materials (primarily tensile) strength. 50x (mild) steel
isn’t enough according to some studies I seem to recall...
this
site suggests that nanotubes are within the right target tensile strength
range though.
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I should note, that site’s content seems cribbed from the Wikipedia article
on the same topic. I noticed that when I found ANOTHER site that had very
similar phrasing and decided to look up
Space Elevator in the Wikipedia.
Further, if you read the discussion page on the Space Elevator article you’ll find some very
interesting debate on some of the content and whether it has a biased POV.
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Message is in Reply To:
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| (...) That would be cool if it comes off. Color me skeptical for now. Space Elevators are an idea that has been around since forever, and if you have the materials strength to do it, they offer the cheapest way per pound of any technology devised. (...) (20 years ago, 27-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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