Submitted by Sorin61 t3_z5v1h4 in technology
Kalibos t1_ixydk67 wrote
Reply to comment by LiliNotACult in Space Elevators Are Less Sci-Fi Than You Think by Sorin61
There's a great sequence in the show Foundation showing a terrorist attack on a space elevator, incidentally.
Harabeck t1_ixz7haq wrote
It should be noted that the space elevator in Foundation is completely ridiculous. The cable structure would not need to be that utterly massive. A real elevator would use a cable or ribbon that would slow enough as it hit the atmosphere to be a nuisance that might kill a person if it hit them directly, but it wouldn't be leveling swathes if city.
LiliNotACult t1_iy353h6 wrote
I don't know man a few thousand tons in free fall can do some nifty things.
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