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[Monte Davis]

Space elevator (as a tension structure rather than a tower): Yuri
Artsutanov 1960; independently in 1966 John Isaacs et al, and Jerome
Pearson about the same time

On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 7:29 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> The space elevator concept has been around a long time:
> https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/176625-60000-miles-up-
> geostationary-space-elevator-could-be-built-by-2035-says-new-study
>
> And this hanging skyscraper seems like a riff on that:
> https://www.dezeen.com/2017/03/23/supertall-hanging-
> skyscraper-asteroid-clouds-architecture-office-concept-analemma-tower/
>
> David Morris
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