02-25-2006
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Re: Colonizing the Solar System
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Originally Posted by TheFaithfulStone
Not exactly true. The outer end flys off into space (beginning at GEO I think, and the rest comes down, but it has to fall for such a long distance, and nanotubes are so light that it would be more like a world wide ticker tape parade than anything, plus, it would fall right around the equator, which of course, is a spot on earth where there just aren't that many people.
A space elevator collapse would be more of a disaster because it took a long time to build that damn thing than it would for stuff falling to earth.
TFS
[just picking a nit.]
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Good point!  |
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