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Space Elevator

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1773 points kaonwarb | 1 comments | 20 Oct 25 04:42 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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CaptainOfCoit ◴[20 Oct 25 11:24 UTC] No.45642671[source]▶
Oh no, I scrolled all that way and didn't even reach some destination! Where does this space elevator go? No one knows! Would have been bit more satisfying if it ended up at a space station or something, as I think that's the purpose of the space elevator idea in the first place :)
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matheusmoreira ◴[20 Oct 25 11:36 UTC] No.45642749[source]▶
I think it could but does not necessarily have to reach a station. The elevator just has to clear the atmosphere, right? As they say: once you're in orbit, you're halfway to anywhere.
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1. mrec ◴[20 Oct 25 12:07 UTC] No.45642969[source]▶
There's a big difference between "clear of the atmosphere" or "100km up" and "in orbit". Orbit is more about velocity than altitude.