| ▲ | j16sdiz 3 hours ago | |
The more I think about space elevator, the less I believe in it. The material alone is in a quantity beyond what we can reasonably manufacture. and the material needs to be perfect. All design we have today have cascade failure mode -- any material failure translates to a total catastrophic failure. and geostationary does not really meant Geostationary. There are lots of jiggling everywhere. It wear down over time. and let's hope nothing resonance and we need some maintenance / decommission plan. How can we decommission this when it fail or need upgrade? | ||