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Space is starting to look like the better mining operation (arstechnica.com)
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[โ€“] crystalmerchant@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

stacked tall enough...? The space elevator concept is a geostationary node orbiting earth directly above a fixed point, with cables running between them. Not a gigantic skyscraper up into the sky. What am I missing?

[โ€“] Cosmicomical@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You probably haven't read 3001: the final odissey, in any case i think most ideas of space elevators are not like a lift, they are more like skyscrapers indeed.
Edit: i might be very wrong though, i'm not up to date on this