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Specific strength is of fundamental importance in the description ofspaceelevatorcable materials.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In contrast to thespaceelevatordesign, a space fountain is a tremendously tall tower extending up from the ground.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The disadvantage is that it is much longer, and for many planets aspaceelevatorcan not be constructed from known materials.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Some of these ideas such as thespaceelevator, and rotovator, require new materials much stronger than any currently known.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Building aspaceelevatorrequires materials and techniques that do not currently exist.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The anchor point of aspaceelevatoris normally considered to be at the equator.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Such follow-on space elevators would also benefit from the great reduction in technical risk achieved by the construction of the firstspaceelevator.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.One idea for this is the skyhook, a type ofspaceelevatorthat can be built with existing materials and technology.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He abandons his comrades, slips into the ghost realm to evade security, and reappears in thespaceelevatordescending towards the planet.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The demand for safe and frequent space missions has resulted in proposals for a laser-poweredspaceelevator.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thespaceelevatorconcept is also applicable to other planets and celestial bodies.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.By strict definition, no megastructures currently exist (with thespaceelevatorbeing the only such project under serious consideration).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This is thespaceelevatoridea, a type of synchronous tether that would rotate with the earth.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Set in the 22nd century, it describes the construction of aspaceelevator.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In its mature form, it is theorized to be cost competitive with what is thought to be realistically achievable using aspaceelevator.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Minor planets only have space stations attached tospaceelevatorcables.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Aspaceelevatordoes not need to be powered as a rotovator does, because it gets any required angular momentum from the planetary body.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Aspaceelevatorcould be anchored near a lunar pole, though not directly at it.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This configuration would greatly simplify repairs of aspaceelevatorcompared to a tapered elevator configuration.
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