Re: [OT] Beanstalk anyone?

On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, Brian Bilderback begged to be Narn'd by writing:

> Tomb wrote:
> Would you say he didn't know jack about beanstalks? 

***whack***whack... etc... :>

> >2300AD (Traveller 2300): They had beanstalks and also covered the
impact
> >(literally) of one that is unleashed on the planet it services.
> 
> I'm assuming you meant of the tether comes loose from it's space end. 
I'm 
> curious to see a story/scenario where it comes detached at the earth
end of 
> the tether - talk about an olympic hammer throw. ;-)

See Kim Stanley Robinson's Red/Green/Blue Mars trilogy. Incredible
books,
and there's a space elevator collapse in either the first or second
book.
The thing is so long it wraps right around Mars (at least once, possibly
twice...). One of hte characters notes that Mars now as a big black line
marking the equator, just like he thought Earth had from looking at the
globe as a little kid!

Seeing as we're in a book-recommending mood this week, do read Red
Mars/Green Mars/Blue Mars. No combat worth mentioning, just lots of
people
stuff mixed with a healthy dose of cool tech stuff. Excellent books.

Brian - yh728@victoria.tc.ca -