A Armour Senior Member Member Bio Joined May 15, 2015 Messages 1,718 Reaction score 370 Aug 24, 2015 #1 this should satisfy some of the supertall enthusiasts: http://www.space.com/30272-space-elevator-inflatable-concept-patent.html Last edited: Aug 25, 2015
this should satisfy some of the supertall enthusiasts: http://www.space.com/30272-space-elevator-inflatable-concept-patent.html
W westernontario New Member Member Bio Joined Aug 25, 2015 Messages 27 Reaction score 4 Aug 25, 2015 #2 I wonder what material they would use for it...
A Armour Senior Member Member Bio Joined May 15, 2015 Messages 1,718 Reaction score 370 Aug 26, 2015 #3 I have no clue. Spider web silk?
junctionist Senior Member Member Bio Joined May 1, 2007 Messages 9,608 Reaction score 4,400 Aug 26, 2015 #4
someMidTowner ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Member Bio Joined Sep 3, 2011 Messages 9,333 Reaction score 15,193 Aug 26, 2015 #5 Graphene. not spider silk, definitely not spider silk.
AlvinofDiaspar Moderator Member Bio Joined Apr 22, 2007 Messages 33,518 Reaction score 29,517 City: Toronto Aug 27, 2015 #6 Don't think they need anything nearly as exotic for this proposal - carbon nanotubes would give you the real thing (all the way to Geosync orbit) instead of this tower that doesn't even cut through the atmosphere. AoD
Don't think they need anything nearly as exotic for this proposal - carbon nanotubes would give you the real thing (all the way to Geosync orbit) instead of this tower that doesn't even cut through the atmosphere. AoD