RE: Re: [OT] Beanstalk anyone?

Popeyesays writes:

>A beanstalk top would be geo-stationary, would it not. It would not
have 
>much
>angular momentum and would at most drift away and be recoverable for
some
>time.

Depends on where it's cut, doesn't it?	Imagine a bomb going off halfway
up.  Very unhealthy to be on the ground where the lower half hits.  I
don't know where the upper half would go but if it was in balance before
it was cut, I wouldn't think it would still be balanced afterwards  

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