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Possibility of a space elevator on Gilly?


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Physics bubble aside, the same question arises for real elevators - are there parts strong enough to do this? Even with Gilly's weak gravity, each part will have to be able to support the mass of the parts above it - plus, be stable enough not to topple, as it would be impossible to attach it to the floor without using a mod or two, unless you want a really wide base. Oscillations would have to be dampened, plus a method of actually climbing the thing put in place. Would any elevator be built and then hyper edited in place, or, for the truly daring, would it be built in modules, transported and then constructed in sitieu? Interplanetary launchpads could certainly make that aspect of construction much easier, but still... This level of engineering is beyond my ken, or indeed beyond the knowledge of any mere mortal.

 

There is only one man able enough to construct such a colossus, such a daring, nay, insane feat of engineering. Only one man is worthy of such a task.

 

Summon the Whackjob.

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