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Originally Posted by CraigD
If materials much stronger than present days one are used to build a space elevator – which, given the difficulties bordering on impossibility otherwise, is IMHO likely to be the case if they’re every built - it’s quite possible the resulting structures will actually be lighter than air. In this case, broken cables, of which there are likely to be many, would be cause for concern about a bizarre kind of air pollution, rather than a catastrophic surface impact. Depending on its specific characteristics, this could more hazardous than a massive surface strike – imagine the effect on a jet engine of sucking in a hair-thin, kilometers long, super-strong piece of lighter than air broken space elevator!
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Another movie for Bruce Willis? Die Hard in a space elevator, where bringing down the space elevator and pointing it into the escaping bad guy's jet is the only way to save the day? OK, I think I need to see Star Trek to get this out of my system....
