[Scotsman]

Ran across this article about competition to develop components for a space elevator:

Space elevators to heave themselves skyward

[LongFang]

if we could make a tube tall enough with a cap that
can be remotely oped and closed you could launch anything into space with simple presure like a Bank tube Vacume
from Nasa Reports it is costing one pound of gold to move one pound of cargo to space seems sence they been playing with this for so long by now they would have an easyer way
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[Scotsman]

Only problem with a tube like that is the pressure would equalize before whatever object left the level of the atmosphere, similar to capping a straw in a glass of water and then removing the cap (don't gravity just suck ). Once the pressure equalized, friction with the sides of the tube would slow the capsule before it got out of the tube.

[Lisa]

What a fuzz to get in space.......we already are in space!
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[LongFang]

True it would equalize but the hardest work would
be over so would take less fule to finish the job
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