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Re:Space Elevator by bombcar on Monday October 20, 2025 @01:00PM (#45646242)
3.5x10⁵ km³ you say?

1.08321×10¹² km³ is the volume of Earth, feasibility study done! Implement!

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Re:Space Elevator by hermitcrab on Monday October 20, 2025 @03:00PM (#45647788)
The molten core probably isn't going to be much use.

Surface area is 5x10^8 km^2. So it it 'only' the first ~2m of the crust (~6m if you don't count ocean).

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