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Twister_Robotics t1_iy04ctm wrote on November 27, 2022 at 7:12 PM

Reply to comment by danielravennest in Space Elevators Are Less Sci-Fi Than You Think by Sorin61

This is the way.

Not a single cable, more likely a truss like structure oriented vertically, with the load carrying members at the corners tied together diagonally to share the load in case of failure.