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Space Elevator

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M95D ◴[] No.45641013[source]
Incomplete. Where's the LEO, GEO, the counterweight?
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rob74 ◴[] No.45641166[source]
I think the idea behind this was less to showcase an actual space elevator and more to showcase what's going on at different altitudes. And above the Kármán line it would have become pretty boring, especially if you want to go up to GEO and beyond where the counterweight of a space elevator would be located - the Kármán line is at only 0.28% of the way to GEO. Using a logarithmic scale would have maybe helped, but not sure...
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1. M95D ◴[] No.45644554[source]
There are other presentations by this guy are long. I don't consider the space and the things we put between LEO and GEO to be boring.