Re: Question: space elevator

CG wrote: [snipped]

I'm writing it into a short story. Is it possible to
create a space elevator with current or possible
near future tech?

I was thinking that nano-carbon tubing might do it
and I know they are already doing that--saw an article
on it. But with the Earth spinning, would the elevator
spin with it like a satellite or would you need to
somehow keep pushing it
to keep it in geosynchronized orbit?
And I mean an elevator to a space station, not the moon.
I can't even get my head wrapped around that one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Elevator


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Rob Ellwood
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