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The plan is to attach a carbon nanotube cable between a 31-mile tall tower/*...*/
built in international waters along the equator and an orbiting space
station 22,000 miles in space.
<http://www1.msfc.nasa.gov/CHARTS/pdf/108-c.pdf>
Setting 'minor engineering details' aside, is there any problem with the
physics of attaching a cable between earth and some geosynchronous station
orbiting in space?
Rick Strickert
Austin, TX