gergnerd t1_iya5f08 wrote
Reply to comment by NPVT in Sci-fi-like space elevators could become a reality in the "next 2 or 3 decades" by Shelfrock77
not only that this is the same shit they say every couple years. The reality is the physics dont add up with current materials and it wouldn't be cost effective anyways. We are never building a space elevator.
Shiyayori t1_iya60iv wrote
What? That’s literally the opposite of the case; the materials are possible, and it would cost less than 50 billion to build…
gergnerd t1_iya9y6x wrote
ugh I'm not hashing this out again. Go read up on it in the comment here. Already hashed out. https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/z7uxad/scifilike_space_elevators_could_become_a_reality/
camdoodlebop t1_iyb4w4a wrote
we will never build a flying machine
botfiddler t1_iye8727 wrote
I listened to podcast (in German, Pritlove) some years ago where someone working for European Space Agency as mission planner did the math, and concluded the materials only need to get 10x-100x stronger to make it work.
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