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Inflatable Tower Could Climb To the Edge of Space

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the out-of-breath dept.

MonkeyClicker writes with mention of a proposal that could see an inflatable tower helping to carry people to the edge of space without the need for rocket propulsion. This would function in place of previous space elevator designs which featured a large cable and could be completed much faster, if proponents of the project are to be believed. "To stay upright and withstand winds, full-scale structures would require gyroscopes and active stabilization systems in each module. The team modeled a 15-kilometer tower made up of 100 modules, each one 150 meters tall and 230 meters in diameter, built from inflatable tubes 2 meters across. Quine estimates it would weigh about 800,000 tonnes when pressurized — around twice the weight of the world's largest supertanker."

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  1. anonymous coward could get first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    suck my balls

    1. Re:anonymous coward could get first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

      I fucked your dead great grandmother while sucking your dead great grandfather's balls!

  2. Re:pic? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'd like to fuck you to death with a ebola-coated chainsaw. Just guess which one of us is going to get our wish.

  3. Re:pic? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    My stoma quivers and gyrates with delight! Will you please lick it clean before it begins to mold?

  4. Re:Yah... by Mr+Thinly+Sliced · · Score: -1, Troll

    But seriously, if you think that was thought up ahead of time, and I'd been waiting to use... don;t you think it'd be a little more polished?

    I don't - the best crap is the crap spewed forth like milk through the nostrils when you discover your girlfriend has been jerking off your dog into the orange juice.