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Bright Wang said:
How does a space elevator carry itself?
By structuring the thing in such a way that the upward "centrifugal force" due to Earth's rotation just cancels the downward gravitational force.
 
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I have not heard a single physics or math statement that has really shocked me.

Guess I'm not really a physicist?
 

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