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added by PearsonArtPhoto Aug 14 '12 at 17:35

Remember, votes above 10 do not help a proposal definition, so many consider every vote above 10 as a wasted vote. It is far more useful to use your vote to approve of a question with fewer than 10 votes. Also, if a question you have already voted on now has more than 10 votes, remember that you can remove your up vote and put it on another suitable question. These two tips will help get this proposal get through the definition phase more quickly. – Mark Booth Oct 2 '12 at 10:32

There's no need to upvote this anymore; instead, rebalance your upvotes so that they go to questions with score < 10. – Renan Oct 16 '12 at 1:50

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added by PearsonArtPhoto Aug 14 '12 at 17:33

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added by PearsonArtPhoto Aug 14 '12 at 17:33

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added by PearsonArtPhoto Aug 14 '12 at 17:34

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added by PearsonArtPhoto Aug 14 '12 at 17:34

This question would probably get more votes if it did not use the acronym – Chad Sep 17 '12 at 20:31

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added by Xantec Aug 14 '12 at 18:01

Isn't this something of a list question? – geoffc Aug 23 '12 at 2:00

Even if it is, I think this question is so important for the subject of this site that it should be excused. – ymar Aug 27 '12 at 15:47

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added by Xantec Aug 15 '12 at 18:47

There's no need to upvote this anymore; instead, rebalance your upvotes so that they go to questions with score < 10. – Renan Oct 25 '12 at 15:46

up vote 10 down vote

added by Major Stackings, edited by PearsonArtPhoto Sep 17 '12 at 20:45

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added by Renan Aug 16 '12 at 2:59

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added by Guy Coder Aug 17 '12 at 0:05

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added by Guy Coder Aug 17 '12 at 0:10

This question as phrased would not be good but I think that questions in this spirit properly scoped would work. – Chad Sep 17 '12 at 20:29

@Chad It is only a sample question. If the sight goes beta feel and to ask the question and rephrase as necessary. – Guy Coder Sep 17 '12 at 20:34

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added by Guy Coder Aug 22 '12 at 13:05

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added by ymar, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Oct 27 '12 at 16:53

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added by Renan Sep 17 '12 at 19:56

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added by Renan Sep 17 '12 at 20:54

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added by Highly Irregular Sep 21 '12 at 8:24

this one is the most interesting me have seen so far in this proposal – Tshepang Oct 24 '12 at 6:04

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added by jakob, edited by PearsonArtPhoto Oct 31 '12 at 0:06

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added by jakob Sep 26 '12 at 7:27

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added by jakob, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Oct 27 '12 at 16:54

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added by ronalchn Oct 1 '12 at 3:09

This is really two questions, the first is practical and answerable but general reference, the second could be a real problem you face, but would probably be considered too broad a topic - a book could easily be written on the topic. – Mark Booth Oct 1 '12 at 9:35

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added by Mark Booth Oct 1 '12 at 9:41

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added by Mark Booth Oct 2 '12 at 10:35

Seems too broad to me, as in Wikipedia article. – Tshepang Oct 24 '12 at 6:01

@Tshepang - I agree and have been surprised that this question has been voted so highly. Do you have any suggestions as to how the question could be modified to make it more specific and useful? – Mark Booth Oct 24 '12 at 10:19

No suggestions, other than being more specific, for example asking about things like budget: now vs. tomorrow or quantity of materials needed or challenges related to radiation or... am not really sure. – Tshepang Oct 24 '12 at 10:59

@Tshepang - How about "Are monomolecular carbon nanotubes the only option for realising the dream of a space elevator?" – Mark Booth Oct 25 '12 at 21:31

For reference this suggested question used to be "What are the major hurdles we need to be overcome in order to build a space elevator?", but on consideration I felt that was too broad. If you disagree with my edit, feel free to remove your vote for it. – Mark Booth Oct 25 '12 at 22:01

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added by System Down, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Oct 27 '12 at 16:55

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added by Sednus Oct 3 '12 at 12:21

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added by System Down Oct 5 '12 at 21:15

Isn't this a duplicate of area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/43283/…? – THelper Nov 14 '12 at 7:51

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added by System Down, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Nov 10 '12 at 19:21

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added by System Down Oct 5 '12 at 21:18

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added by System Down Oct 5 '12 at 21:26

Isn't this general reference? WIkipedia has this information. – ymar Dec 1 '12 at 11:49

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added by brentonstrine Oct 10 '12 at 22:29

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added by Łukasz Lech, edited by PearsonArtPhoto Oct 23 '12 at 16:17

This is a great question, but depends on a large number of factors. I'm going to edit it to assume no landing/resupply is possible, or other mission details. – PearsonArtPhoto Oct 23 '12 at 16:16

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added by Tshepang Oct 24 '12 at 6:13

source: discuss.area51.stackexchange.com/a/7663 – Tshepang Oct 24 '12 at 6:14

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added by Highly Irregular Oct 25 '12 at 6:46

Obligatory xkcd – Polynomial Nov 13 '12 at 23:10

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added by Drux Oct 29 '12 at 6:31

I am interested in potentially different answers for different jurisdictions. More information about Space Balloons is here, (pretty cool) video is here. And there are apparently more such (near-)space experiments as well. – Drux Oct 29 '12 at 6:37