From: tkoenig@netcologne.de   
      
   frank.scrooby@gmail.com  schrieb:   
      
   > Point Five: Any advance in material science that makes a space   
   > elevator more possible is highly likely to make TSTO and SSTO   
   > easier. Easier to the point that the Space elevator might be   
   > uneconomical unless we decide to import half the Oort cloud down it.   
      
   Not necessarily.   
      
   If you magically get a material with extremely high tensile   
   strength, but with a tendency for buckling (such as any sort   
   of high-strength fibers), you could build a space elevator from   
   this, but not necessarily a rocket (which requires withstanding   
   compressive forces).   
      
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