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Q&A What is the force of impact for a failing space elevator given the following conditions?

The local sapient species on a relatively Earthlike planet has constructed a space elevator. It is anchored along the equator. Due to unfortunate circumstances (and potentially divine intervention)...

2 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by MUSE-42‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by MUSE-42‭

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Rigorous Science Intermediate Structures Along a Space Elevator

Assuming all the primary hurdles in building a space elevator are overcome, would it be structurally feasible to attach intermediate stops along the length of the tether (between the planet and GSO...

3 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Rusty‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Rusty‭

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Q&A Stability in Lowering a Space Elevator

First question on stack exchange I've been lurking and learning for years and finally decided to pose a question for a novel I'm working on. Given the appropriate advances in material sciences an...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by Rusty‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Rusty‭

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Q&A Orbital tether snap like a rubber band?

Let's say a few centuries in the future, we have captured an asteroid into orbit and built a space station out of its material. The station is a ring that encircles the equator in Low Earth Orbit, ...

2 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by carsonogen089‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by carsonogen089‭

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Q&A What color is a space elevator?

Consider a space elevator, a thread hanging from the heavens and being anchored to a spot in ground or sea barge at equator. As I understand it, it'd be very thin at ground and get thicker on the w...

8 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by hyde‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by hyde‭

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Q&A What can prevent a super elevator to a space station from being invented?

Let's say that space around earth has no debris. Super elevator is some super durable cable between a space station and earth by which some elevator can travel. Space station is in geostationary or...

2 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Erumaru‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Erumaru‭

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Q&A How high would a space elevator need to be on Mars?

So I have been doing a lot of reading on space elevators/tethers for a SciFi book I am writing and unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of info on building one on Mars rather than Ear...

8 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by TitaniumTurtle‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by TitaniumTurtle‭

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Q&A How fast would a Martian space elevator travel?

READ EDITS I am writing a passage about the main character of my book travelling up a space elevator to the spaceport that rests in geostationary orbit above Mars. This means that the elevator wou...

5 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by TitaniumTurtle‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by TitaniumTurtle‭

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Q&A Could a natural satellite in geosynchronous orbit be used as a counterweight to a space elevator?

Could a natural satellite in geosynchronous orbit be used as a counterweight for a space elevator? Does the counterweight need to be of approximately the same weight as the anchor? If so, I suppose...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by paltrysum‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by paltrysum‭

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Rigorous Science Space elevator into a blackhole. Possible?

Inspired by Spaceship orbiting a black hole under the event horizon - a prison where no one escapes, I was wondering if it is possible to make a space elevator that goes down into a black hole. In...

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by PyRulez‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by PyRulez‭

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Q&A Can I build a space elevator from superman's hair?

In Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (imdb) a single strand of Superman's hair is seen suspending a 1000lbs weight. Is is possible to build a space elevator from strands of a super strong human-h...

3 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Lump‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Lump‭

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Q&A Where to Anchor My Space Elevator

Thanks to the recent discovery of handwavium "¡ filaments that can in principle be extruded to any length, we will be able to build space elevators sooner than most people would expect. The inte...

8 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Serban Tanasa‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Serban Tanasa‭

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Q&A Does it makes sense to build a "space tower" in Indonesia and Brazil?

I wanted to make a setting that has a "space tower" of some kind, not necessarily a space elevator (it might be a fountain for example, or even just a gigantic upward pointing mass driver). It mak...

6 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by speeder‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by speeder‭

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Q&A Is a space elevator with wings feasible? (engineering, not economic concerns)

Consider a very conveniently placed asteroid in orbit around the earth, and we hang the space elevator off of that. It doesn't have to be at the geostationary altitude but it would probably help if...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Taha‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Taha‭

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Q&A Elevator through the earth? Yay or Nay

Grab the popcorn ladies and gents, I'm gonna talk about a movie real quick. In the movie Total Recall (2012), the main character and his friend step into a huge earth elevator/public transportati...

4 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Kit‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Kit‭

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Rigorous Science Why not build a space elevator starting from the moon?

Anchor one end of the cable to the side of the moon that faces the earth. Drop the other end of the cable to earth so that it drags along the ground. The earth's gravity and friction contributes a ...

3 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Lorry Laurence mcLarry‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Lorry Laurence mcLarry‭

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Q&A Elevator to the Moon

Inspired by https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/a/30400/3434 Related but too different in details for answers to apply Why not build a space elevator starting from the moon? As answered in th...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Ville Niemi‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Ville Niemi‭

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Rigorous Science What would a space elevator on the moon be made out of?

Okay, so some space miners fly into space to get Helium-3, and then fly it back to earth to sell to non-space people. Flying into and off the earth is rather expensive, so they want to simply take ...

1 answer  ·  posted 8y ago by PyRulez‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by PyRulez‭

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Q&A What forces should I consider for my hotel room on the Space Elevator?

I asked a similar question (in a SpaceEx manner) on Space Exploration, but here I've made it a bit more ... worldbuilding. We have a nice Space Elevator, and I'm in charge of the luxury guest acco...

2 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Mikey‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Mikey‭

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Q&A Is someone travelling on a space elevator/escalator possible?

Let's assume that there is a way to travel into space that's not in a rocket, and a human can essentially just walk/be carried into the upper atmosphere and beyond. Would there be anything that, p...

4 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Mike.C.Ford‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Mike.C.Ford‭

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Q&A Economic and geopolitical effects of building a space elevator?

Most interested in effects during the first <75 years. Things to consider: What type of organization is building the space elevator? How is the service sold/rented? What is its maintenance/s...

2 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Matt Voda‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Matt Voda‭