From: seawaspobvious@obvioussgeinc.com.retro.com   
      
   	A couple of questions on this space technology:	   
      
   	1)I was under the impression that carbon nanotubes, if manufacturable   
   at reasonable lengths (~ a foot?) would make it possible to construct   
   a beanstalk. Then I came across references saying that NO physical   
   material would be able to take the stresses involved on Earth (though   
   a moon or Mars beanstalk was possible).   
      
   	Which is true? Or are there different beanstalk designs which have   
   orders of magnitude difference in the calculated forces, and are there   
   reasons that the higher-stress version would be used?   
      
   	2) Assuming you're building a beanstalk, what methods are likely to   
   be used to anchor it?   
      
      
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