[ExI] Space Elevator (Going Down)

[Damien Broderick]

At 11:03 AM 3/27/2008 +1030, Emlyn wrote:

>Replace the old mudball with a bunch of free
>floating habitats, plenty of room for all and sundry, and most of the
>materials of the planet left to play with.
>
>You might not even need to blow it up much. Just crack it into a bunch
>of smaller pieces, until none has enough gravity on its own to be a
>nuisance.

I think it'd stick itself back together after a while, as it did the 
first time. But without the volatiles maybe.

Damien Broderick