Japanese company announces plans to build a 20,000 mile high space elevator by 2050

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Nem said:

Troll_Whisperer said:

Wasn't this done in 3001 (the book)? The elevator was made out of diamond I think.

Anyway, that's crazy! And apparently the total length of the cable would be 60k miles! the Earth would look weird with a stick 8 times longer than its diameter sticking out...

I dont think the way the earth looks from outside is anyones real concern.

 

There could be huge benefits of such structures, including the colonization of the moon for resource mining, it would also make a trip to mars more feasible. And eventually from mars to jupiters moons.

It will assure the survival of the human race, at least until we can figure out how to do hydrogen fusion. At wich point we can survive without the SUN... not sure how we will move on from there though. unless we use planets/moons as giant space ships! lol

Maybe when andromeda collides we will see some aliens pass by. xD

 

Its progress happening. I'm just sad we probably wont be here to see it.

I'm not against the idea, I know my OCD aesthetical concerns are the last thing that matter, lol.