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Could a structurally sound and economically feasible Space Elevator which only reaches down (NOT UP) to 100,000 or 90,000 feet in the atmosphere, tethered from with a counterweight to keep it stable in geosynchronous orbit, be built using present or foreseeable technology?

by /u/Tisias in /r/askscience

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