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Re:The Spaceline: a space elevator alternative achievable wi... by TheSpiceIsLife on Friday September 06, 2019 @08:18PM (#20900978)
A space elevator needs to be anchored in geostationary orbit at about 36,000k altitude, which isn't possible with available materials.

This article talks about a cable from geostationary orbit to the moon.

That still leave the ground-to-geostationary part for conventional lifters.

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Re:The Spaceline: a space elevator alternative achievable wi... by pavel_lishin on Monday September 09, 2019 @10:29AM (#20918507)
I must have misunderstood - I thought the Spaceline was going to actually reach into the atmosphere?

Dang, I totally misunderstood, I thought this thing was going to go much lower.

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