Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!security!genrad!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!LS.AC@MIT-EECS From: LS.AC%MIT-EECS@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.space Subject: Realistic space elevators Message-ID: <13208@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Tue, 1-Nov-83 16:34:00 EST Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.13208 Posted: Tue Nov 1 16:34:00 1983 Date-Received: Sun, 6-Nov-83 18:02:05 EST Lines: 11 From: A. J. Courtemanche This talk of space elevators is pretty neat, but does anyone know what sort of technology we would need to implement such a device? Specifically, do we currently have materials that can be used to build a tall (80 miles? 100 miles? 200?) structure that won't destroy itself under it's own weight? Also, what sort of structures will be needed to make sure the elevator doesn't topple over? -------