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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kilmore" data-source="post: 521074" data-attributes="member: 5226">From tleilaxu"personally, i think we should practice putting some asteroids into earth orbit before we start building space elevators."Personally, I hope they practice moving asteroids BEFORE they bring them to earth orbit!Also from tleilaxu"Actually, when you think about it monkeys and dogs were in space before homo sapien sapiens. I gues they've come up with the ultimate survival instinct: make friends with the hairless monkeys."Um, that didn't work out so well for the dog...As far as it falling to earth goes, there's a few things I need to know before I can make an opinion on it.  How much is the snapback force expected to be when it loses tension on the top?  How much is the atmosphere expected to brake the tether as it drops to the earth?  At any rate, the space elevator is only one way to get off the planet.  Personally, I think electromagnetics is another promising technology to get us off the ground.</blockquote>