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Tallest U.S. Skyscraper to Be Built in Oklahoma City

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Posted by Skidmark 2024-01-25 00:14|| || Front Page|| [25 views ] Top

#1 cough. tornadoes
cough. earthquakes

Posted by Mercutio 2024-01-25 05:16|| 2024-01-25 05:16|| Front Page Top

#2 cough Tim McVeigh

Posted by Skidmark 2024-01-25 07:13|| 2024-01-25 07:13|| Front Page Top

#3 Limitless open prairie as far as the eye can see...
And you build up.
sigh

Posted by ed in texas 2024-01-25 08:50|| 2024-01-25 08:50|| Front Page Top

#4 They get earthquakes out that way?

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-01-25 08:51|| 2024-01-25 08:51|| Front Page Top

#5 Yes, they get earthquakes.
And pardon my ignorance, but wouldn't a base for an orbital elevator have to be on the equator?

Posted by ed in texas 2024-01-25 12:14|| 2024-01-25 12:14|| Front Page Top

#6 City Penis Envy

Posted by mossomo 2024-01-25 12:42|| 2024-01-25 12:42|| Front Page Top

#7 Don't get me started...Space elevator

and for 'cable' composition...

Google DeepMind’s new AI tool helped create more than 700 new materials

Posted by Skidmark 2024-01-25 12:52|| 2024-01-25 12:52|| Front Page Top

#8 wouldn't a base for an orbital elevator

No pardon necessary. You asked the right question.
See Geostationary Orbit and look for statite

Also, the earth 'wobbles' on it's axis as it rotates. Plus the gravitational field is variable, greater for land masses than water.

A earth tethered solution would quickly self-destruct. It's a silly idea.

Posted by Skidmark 2024-01-25 13:04|| 2024-01-25 13:04|| Front Page Top

#9 I can appreciate the optimism.

That area from OKC to El Reno is paved and housing tracts.

IIRC the location is near, at least what was, a city attraction segment of town.

It is also located where some real wicked Springtime weather can happen.

Posted by swksvolFF 2024-01-25 18:43|| 2024-01-25 18:43|| Front Page Top

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