In reply to Alex Caliostro's message of Tue, 04 Oct 2005 09:55:22 -0600:
Robin van Spaandonk posted
Hi, [snip] >Space Elevator Concept Undergoes Reel World Testing This is pointless as long as there are no known materials with sufficient strength to do the job (or even come anywhere near). When the best we have only reaches 3-400 km, and needs to go 36000 km, we are still a long way short of the mark. Furthermore, at normal atomic separation distances, the bond energy would have to exceed that of any known chemical bond by about a factor of 10 to make it possible,
That's how it seems to me. The people who are experimenting with the Space Elevator seem to believe differently. 8
