Published On Jun 3, 2012
What's the tallest THING we've ever built? How tall will we EVER be able to build?
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see two sunrises/sunsets and calculate the Earth's Radius: http://www.darylscience.com/downloads...
also HERE: http://www.astro.princeton.edu/~dns/t...
Tallest Structures TIMELINE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline...
Tallest list incorporating building/structure distinction: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_...
falling person and terminal velocity: http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci...
KWTV, first radio mast taller than the Empire State Building: http://www.fybush.com/sites/2004/site...
radio mast collapse VIDEO: • Radio Tower Collapses After Guy Wires...
Dubai and Burj Khalifa in fog: • Video
Pictures of Burj Khalifa: http://www.owips.com/burj-khalifa/
Burj Khalifa and Ramadan: http://www.emirates247.com/news/emira...
Shuttle / ISS height: http://serc.carleton.edu/quantskills/...
Sunrise from orbit VIDEO: • Video
XKCD Date Idea" http://blog.xkcd.com/2009/04/06/a-dat...
Space elevator: http://www.spaceward.org/ (be sure to enjoy the Conan Space Pirate Toy .gif)
http://www.spaceelevatorblog.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_el...
Another possible way to make a super-tall structure: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_fo...