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wtg
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posted 21 April 2023 09:00 AM
Take a ride...

https://neal.fun/space-elevato...placement=newsletter


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posted 21 April 2023 10:47 AMHide Post
Lots of info in that graphic. I scrolled through the entire ascent. :thumbs-up:

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posted 21 April 2023 11:00 AMHide Post
I was really surprised how long ago some of those high altitude records were set.


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posted 21 April 2023 01:22 PMHide Post
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posted 21 April 2023 03:43 PMHide Post
Cool!

I've been fascinated with the idea of a space elevator since I read Arthur C. Clarke's The Fountains of Paradise. It's a novel about an engineer who designs and spearheads the construction of a space elevator at Sri Lanka. (They have to be tethered to a geosynchronous satellite, and Sri Lanka is one of the places on land where that can be accomplished.)


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posted 22 April 2023 09:15 AMHide Post
At 9000 feet water boils at 195F. My home is just below that.
The air is thinner. Doctors have questioned why I have not moved to a lower altitude due to asthma. I reply that at around 10,500 I become supercharged and have skied up to huts at 11,400 feet leaving the others far behind. They don't have an answer.
I should be an astronaut. Big Grin


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