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Re:Gravitricity by tomp on Saturday November 22, 2014 @08:12PM (#8647398)
How are you going to hang a 280 000 ton weight, and more importantly, how are you going to move it up and down?
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Re:Gravitricity by PhasmaFelis on Saturday November 22, 2014 @09:58PM (#8647654)
You're not. Apsec's math is based on the weight being as tall as the hole is deep, which obviously doesn't make sense.
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Re:Gravitricity by pm90 on Saturday November 22, 2014 @09:19PM (#8647569)
We can use steel cables. I can't find concrete reference atm, but I'm sure it can be done
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