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badsock on Oct 4, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Quest to Build an Elevator into Space

It's more of a ribbon than a cable - it would float gently down.

gpsx on Oct 4, 2014 [–]

The tip would be going over 5000 mph relative to earth, not including the speed because of the snap. I don't know if it would float gently, but it probably would burn up once it hit the atmosphere.

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