Would a space elevator theoretically be possible if the top would be in q geo-stationary orbit? It would always stay in the same place.

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Ofc it would just collapse and everything but just in theory if we figured out how to bot make it collapse

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Space elevator is scientifically possible, but we do not have materials that can take the weight/tension of it right now. Steel chain would rip itself apart under its own weight. We also don’t have a way to “lift” that kind of weight into orbit (so we can then “unroll” it).

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