I got into a geeky discussion the other day at work. Wandering through various topics, someone mentioned a venture which is trying to build a "space elevator" (I think he was referring to http://www.liftport.com/). I thought it couldn't be done due to mistakenly equating it with something I had read a while ago in a book: A calcution of the tallest possible mountain.
I don't remember the details but the main assumption was on the mountain not being a single rigid structure. I can't seem to find it anywhere online, so if someone knows where to find it, please send it my way. On another note, I been wondering what is the tallest possible building that can be made before physical limits come into play?
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