You're not very far off... When I watched this on the Discovery Channel's "Extreme Engineering", they said that the three primary shafts would be autonomously constructed with a moving construction platform that would pull materials up as the shafts are constructed.
"By Grabthar's hammer, by the sons of Worvan, you shall be mailed." "By Grabthar's hammer, what a savings..." --fixed
... you first
-- funny how the challenge key for this post is "sincere"
1. Make It 2. Post It 3. ... (Spam a bunch of ppl to go see your stuff)
4. Profit!
buildings will build and paint themselves!
You're not very far off... When I watched this on the Discovery Channel's "Extreme Engineering", they said that the three primary shafts would be autonomously constructed with a moving construction platform that would pull materials up as the shafts are constructed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_City_1000