-----Original Message----- From: 'Matthew Hunter' [mailto:matthew at infodancer.org] Sent: 03 September 2003 16:39 To: dragaera at dragaera.info Subject: Re: floating castles >> 2. The rope would have to be several miles long as a single strand and >> strong enough to support it's own weight and the cargo. >My God Man, have you never heard of knots? We are not building a >space elevator! Somebody mentioned using a block and tackle (well pulleys anyway). Putting a rope with knots in it through a block and tackle is very difficult. And why not a space elevator! :) Mark P.S. I can't understand why the Dragereans are so focused on their own world. They know that other worlds exist.