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		CaptainOfCoit 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Space Elevator I think you might be talking about something else than a "space elevator"? A space elevator would just go up and down as far as I understand, not horizontally, and if you wanna end up in orbit, you need horizontal movement, not vertical.

matheusmoreira 3 months ago | [–]

According to this comment:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45646741

Ascending the elevator will produce 0.002g of horizontal acceleration throughout the trip.

rkomorn 3 months ago | [–]

If it's not horizontal enough, just wait up to 6 hours...

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