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[-] [email protected] -1 points 4 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

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 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.

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