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Treczoks@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Of course a rubber band reaching to the edge of the atmosphere most likely exceeds its own tensile strength by far. And even if it was short enough just not to, it would simply be pre-stretched by it’s own weight, you would not even need to hold it down.

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