This new propulsion system could rewrite the rules of spaceflight—not to mention completely defy conventional physics.
  • Dkarma@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    So in theory if you built a vacuum tube from the earths surface to “space” and sealed it at both ends you could have a frictionless elevator

    • El Barto@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      I mean… sure. But you could do the same from the surface of Earth to the height of the Eiffel tower. Or my uncle Bob’s third floor apartment.