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   LukeAlmighty 🇨🇿 (lukealmighty@gameliberty.club)'s status on Thursday, 24-Oct-2024 20:03:51 JST LukeAlmighty 🇨🇿

   I just realized, that the biggest challange in building a space elevator might soon become the space debris. Now, that is a depressing thought.

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     special-boy :verified: (special-boy@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 24-Oct-2024 20:33:52 JST special-boy :verified:

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     @LukeAlmighty You just have to use it's first years of operation to put cleaning satelites up.
     Do we track the trash that's large enough to be an issue?
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     LukeAlmighty 🇨🇿 (lukealmighty@gameliberty.club)'s status on Thursday, 24-Oct-2024 20:49:44 JST LukeAlmighty 🇨🇿

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     Well, as far as I know carbon nanotubes are on the line, where the physics is still possible, but we do not have a manafacturing process capable of creating the sufficient quality and quantity.

     Also, it would be the biggest giga structure so far, so there's that.

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     cjd (cjd@pkteerium.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 24-Oct-2024 20:49:45 JST cjd

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     Do you know why Elon has not embraced the idea? I assume he probably considered and dismissed it, but I never heard anything about why.
     
     It might be that the distance between earth and geosync orbit is SO BIG that the cable needs to be incredibly long, and the tension is so high that it is unfeasible from a material standpoint.
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     :meru_mewwuluv: b e a r d (beardalaxy@gameliberty.club)'s status on Thursday, 24-Oct-2024 20:50:44 JST :meru_mewwuluv: b e a r d

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     @LukeAlmighty @cjd yeah it is theoretically possible but not feasible