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12 mile high elevator. Would you go up this thing?
Posted on 10/24/15 at 5:05 pm
Posted on 10/24/15 at 5:05 pm
“Landing on a barge at sea level is a great demonstration, but landing at 12 miles above sea level will make space flight more like taking a passenger jet,” she said.
“A freestanding space elevator tower for launching payloads, tourism, observation, scientific research and communications,” reads the abstract in the U.S. Pat. No. 9,085,897.
12 mile high space elevator
This post was edited on 10/24/15 at 5:08 pm
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Posted on 10/24/15 at 5:20 pm to Stacked
No, scared of heights.
Posted on 10/24/15 at 5:36 pm to Stacked
HELL no
Posted on 10/24/15 at 5:39 pm to Stacked
If I can wear a parachute, sure.
Posted on 10/24/15 at 5:53 pm to Stacked
That'll be a NOPE on that, Houston.
Posted on 10/24/15 at 5:55 pm to Stacked
This has been in sci fy books for a long time
We still don't have the tech to build it though
We still don't have the tech to build it though
Posted on 10/24/15 at 6:08 pm to Stacked
Not even if they stacked cash, hookers and blow at the top.
Posted on 10/24/15 at 6:44 pm to Stacked
I would do this for about 5 million dollars
Posted on 10/24/15 at 7:29 pm to Supravol22
Just imagine it swaying beneath your feet!
Posted on 10/24/15 at 8:50 pm to Stacked
Nah I'm afraid of heights.
Posted on 10/24/15 at 8:58 pm to Stacked
Posted on 10/24/15 at 9:11 pm to sms151t
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No, scared of heights.
So am I, but I'm sure that if you fall from 12 MILES that you won't mind much by the time you hit the ground
I'd do it. I wouldn't want to be the first though.
Imagine that thing coming down
Posted on 10/24/15 at 9:38 pm to Stacked
Can it be melted by jet fuel?
Posted on 10/24/15 at 10:10 pm to Stacked
That's 63,360 feet high, far above where jets fly. No, I would not go up in it. However, a space tether is a different matter. I think that would be much more feasible, and definitely safer.
Posted on 10/24/15 at 10:12 pm to Kentucker
So it will be a bit chilly up there?
Posted on 10/24/15 at 10:20 pm to Stacked
Hell yes where do I sign up.
Posted on 10/24/15 at 10:36 pm to Stacked
Yes. Without a single moment's hesitation.
Posted on 10/24/15 at 11:17 pm to Stacked
Maybe after it's been open for a while. Don't want to be the first
Posted on 10/25/15 at 12:15 am to Stacked
Frick that. Imagine getting stuck on that thing.
Posted on 10/25/15 at 12:42 am to Stacked
quote:lol
Would you go up this thing?
No.
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