The baseline design for an earth-based space elevator calls for a tether that is 100,000 km long. Just 40 kilometers (four one-hundredths of a percent (.0004)) of that length is within the commonly defined boundaries of the earth’s atmosphere. And yet this tiny fraction of length is “home” to many special problems which must be … Continue reading The first 40 kilometers…
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