Name: Anonymous 2006-06-01 21:11
so right now space elevators won't work because there is no substance strong enough to build a wire from earth to geosync orbit. so I was thinking: what if we were to place a wire around the planet at LEO? the wire would spin and we could use it to push against while lifting objects up. also, the wire could carry a small current around it so as to raise itself up inbetween lifts and maintain a stable orbit using the earth's magnetic field.