OT: About Space Elevators

[geoschmo]

Originally posted by Wardad:

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Originally posted by Wardad:
Will it survive a colision with a fully laden 737?

I was just dramatizing a point about terrorism. As a high profile project, (actually another Wonder) the Space Elevator would attract some real nut balls.

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And it's a valid point. The website Baron linked too even talked abou tit some. They are hoping that this would open up space to everyone and so it wouldn't be something one of the disenfranchised would want to attack. That may be a little pie in the sky, but ya' know.

Actually as remote as it is likely to be placed, it would be fairly safe. It not like a hijacked airliner would be able to sneak up on it if the nearest flightpath is thousands of miles away. But on the other hand it wouldn't take a fully loaded airliner to bring it down.

Geoschmo