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Old Posted Dec 14, 2015, 12:52 PM
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Mile-plus tower?

My uncle, who is a major architect (and WWII veteran) said that we will never have a tower a mile or more tall. If I understand him, the problem is that the tower would sink into the bedrock. As a science fiction fan, I have a reflex reaction to "We will never have [BLANK]" but he knows more about the subject than I do.
Is he right?
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Old Posted Dec 14, 2015, 1:33 PM
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We'll probably have one eventually. They'll work out lighter construction techniques and some places have sturdier bedrock than others. If we can build a kilometre tall tower then I'm guessing a mile high one is doable at some point. Just probably not in the near future.
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Old Posted Dec 14, 2015, 2:32 PM
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The problem isn't technical, it's financial.We could build 10 miles if we had the money. Someone will build one, I am sure, but this far it has taken a Saudi prince to finance a kilometer high tower, which is still shorter than a mile.
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Old Posted Dec 21, 2015, 9:43 PM
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Quick time to start another thread on the space elevator.

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