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  • voodooattack@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyzCheckmate, science
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    2 months ago

    How about if you launch a huge magnet well above escape velocity and remotely anchor a space elevator made from a ferromagnetic material to it but the space elevator’s weight counteracts its inertia exactly and holds it in place perpetually. Would that work?

    Edit: I swear I’m not dumb, I just didn’t think this one through.











  • voodooattack@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyzhmmmm
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    4 months ago

    The real question for me is what unit of distance would be used for the integer representation… It could take 1 meter, 1 Km, 1 Au, or even 1 Infinity to represent the distance between every person and the next. Also, are we using a linear or logarithmic scale?

    This is not to mention the lack of info on how fast the train is going, and whether or not it’s accelerating.