[extropy-chat] Space elevator numbers III

[Jef Allbright]

Keith Henson wrote:


> At 01:13 PM 2/16/2007 +0100, Eugen wrote:
>
>> Anything involving launching a ton of ballbearings on
>> the other side of the Earth with orbit intersecting
>> your ribbon will kill it.
> 
> Anybody who can launch a ton of ball bearings can
> launch a nuke which is much more likely to take it out.
> But *why?

Because such a structure represents a huge gradient of power, and nature
abhors a gradient.

- Jef