From: Eugene Leitl (eugene.leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)
Date: Thu Jul 22 1999 - 13:21:52 MDT
What's the point of building a 20 km stratosphere-scraper for monkeys?
One would most likely use it as a launch platform: I would guess a
capsule leaving a 20 km long evacuated linear driver won't be subject
to such harsh conditions as at sea level.
Michael S. Lorrey writes:
> If you are building a 20 km tall building it certainly wouldn't do to
> have the pressure at the top floors equal to the outside atmospheric
> pressure. And building it airtight to maintain a 3km pressure level
> would necessitate enough added weight that you'll be reaching
> diminishing returns at some point.
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