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   Message 565 of 1,217   
   Keith Harwood to Henry Spencer   
   Re: Question on the space elevator   
   02 Apr 04 17:19:24   
   
   From: vitalmis@optusnet.com.au   
      
   Henry Spencer wrote:   
      
   > In article <4063E041.8B8FF250@earthlink.net>,   
   > Richard Lamb   wrote:   
   >>> don't build it from the ground up; it's lowered from above (possibly one   
   >>> strand at a time rather than all at once), not raised from below.   
   >>   
   >>You are going to drop if from the sky?   
   >   
   > "Lower" it from the sky, please -- it will be supported at all times, from   
   > above.   
      
   Then there's Sheffield's solution. Build the whole thing a long way away and   
   put it in place in one go.   
      
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