We could actually build one today, using current materials.
Epic post forthcoming (watch above) on why this isn't the case, unless...
the smaller, dropped from orbit, versions
There's another kind?
Elsewhere: Yes, the less ambitious skyhooks look more feasible from an engineering perspective, though hooking something onto the end of even a subsonic cable-end in mid-air would still be lively.
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Date: 2003-09-14 05:06 (UTC)There's another kind?
Elsewhere:
Yes, the less ambitious skyhooks look more feasible from an engineering perspective, though hooking something onto the end of even a subsonic cable-end in mid-air would still be lively.