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A lot has been said and written about the harm caused by Custom papers to our system of education. However, no real results have been achieved.  Moreover, I do not think that any positive results can be achieved in this direction:  custom writing industry is not controlled by government or laws.  Thus, teachers beware of [...]

The space elevator is absolutely dependent on a strong tether cable, currently aimed at 100,000 km long, but it could be shortened considerably with a larger mass as the counter-weight. Carbon nanotubes are meant to be the way forward, providing the huge strengths needed for such a cable, but this is problematic and it will [...]

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