#389642 - 04/16/0612:28 PMRe: Space Elevator
[Re: Gerardo64]
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This is very nicely done, Gerardo. I like the model and the many useful references. I first heard of the concept in the Arthur C. Clarke's Fountains of Paradise mentioned in your post. Kim Stanley Robinson also used the idea of a space elevator on Mars in his MarsTrilogy about the terraforming of Mars, which describes the destruction of a space elevator.
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I like the model and the many useful references. 
I first heard of the concept in the Arthur C. Clarke's Fountains of Paradise mentioned in your post. Kim Stanley Robinson also used the idea of a space elevator on Mars in his 
