Re: beanstalks (was Re: Metallic hydrogen ...)

From: Hop David (hopspageHATESSPAaMmM_at_tabletoptelephone.com)
Date: 06/11/04 

Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 10:16:20 -0700

Uncle Al wrote:
> "Fred B. McGalliard" wrote:
>
>>By the way, this reminds me. We do not, in fact, have to have this system in
>>tension. We could construct a system in compression. I consider such things
>>as stacks of inflated donuts, tubes of superconductor filled with magnetic
>>field, and the like. These would change the trade offs quite a bit. Some
>>would work better, like the superconductor, in space where we have a natural
>>insulation.
>
>
> Hey git - how high can you stack solid stone?

Hey Uncle Olestra - http://yarchive.net/space/exotic/tethers.html 

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