https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/03/supertall-skyscraper-hangs-from-orbiting-asteroid-in-clouds-architecture-office-concept Safeguarding Humanity Sun, 04 Jun 2017 14:07:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.3 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/03/supertall-skyscraper-hangs-from-orbiting-asteroid-in-clouds-architecture-office-concept#comment-302243 Thu, 06 Apr 2017 00:44:33 +0000 http://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/03/supertall-skyscraper-hangs-from-orbiting-asteroid-in-clouds-architecture-office-concept#comment-302243 So.…build 99% of a space elevator — just about the most expensive and difficult project imaginable in the near future — and then instead of completing it by anchoring it to the ground at the equator for inexpensive access to space, waste it on an office/condo complex that could be built ten thousand times cheaper? Nope.
This is what happens when you let architects run around loose without adult engineer supervision.

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