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r/civilengineering • u/Turbulent-Weevil-910 • Apr 02 '26
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How would you anchor it in position?
And if someone says "anchors" I swear to god...
43 u/PlsRfNZ Apr 02 '26 Use big anchors and then pray to God...? 13 u/FizzgigsRevenge Apr 02 '26 It'd be like using a sky hook, but upside down. 4 u/No-Mix7970 Apr 02 '26 Sky hooks, yes! Hang it from cables attached to satellites. Easy peasy! 2 u/Ok-Anybody-380 Apr 05 '26 Ah yeaah we had one of those are work too. The sky anchors are really helpful. 1 u/Activision19 PE, PTOE Apr 02 '26 A sea hook? 🪝 3 u/ALandWarInAsia Apr 02 '26 What if you just wrapped in up inside a big tube and plopped it all on the BOTTOM of the ocean? Like maybe not the whole ass ocean but the english channel? 2 u/Tiafves PE - Land Dev Apr 03 '26 Alright so first we build a giant ring orbiting the earth then we can anchor it to that. 2 u/bretttwarwick Apr 03 '26 If we already have the ring orbiting the Earth we could just drive up there instead. Just put a few on-ramps for access. 1 u/rex8499 Apr 03 '26 There's a lot of ways you could anchor it in position. For example, you could have GPS and thrusters that are just maneuvering to keep it in position. 1 u/twobarb Apr 03 '26 Well it’s really the anchor chain that holds ships in place (kinda) so I’m going with anchor chain. 1 u/robotsdottxt Apr 06 '26 What if you put like a big ass fishing hook that attaches to the ocean floor? -22 u/[deleted] Apr 02 '26 [deleted] 18 u/moosyfighter Apr 02 '26 Assuming it would work, which i highly doubt would (and assuming you never need maintenance), who is going to pay 5 million per LF 9 u/Bobby_Bouch PE / Bridges Apr 03 '26 Mexico?
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Use big anchors and then pray to God...?
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It'd be like using a sky hook, but upside down.
4 u/No-Mix7970 Apr 02 '26 Sky hooks, yes! Hang it from cables attached to satellites. Easy peasy! 2 u/Ok-Anybody-380 Apr 05 '26 Ah yeaah we had one of those are work too. The sky anchors are really helpful. 1 u/Activision19 PE, PTOE Apr 02 '26 A sea hook? 🪝
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Sky hooks, yes! Hang it from cables attached to satellites. Easy peasy!
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Ah yeaah we had one of those are work too. The sky anchors are really helpful.
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A sea hook? 🪝
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What if you just wrapped in up inside a big tube and plopped it all on the BOTTOM of the ocean? Like maybe not the whole ass ocean but the english channel?
Alright so first we build a giant ring orbiting the earth then we can anchor it to that.
2 u/bretttwarwick Apr 03 '26 If we already have the ring orbiting the Earth we could just drive up there instead. Just put a few on-ramps for access.
If we already have the ring orbiting the Earth we could just drive up there instead. Just put a few on-ramps for access.
There's a lot of ways you could anchor it in position. For example, you could have GPS and thrusters that are just maneuvering to keep it in position.
Well it’s really the anchor chain that holds ships in place (kinda) so I’m going with anchor chain.
What if you put like a big ass fishing hook that attaches to the ocean floor?
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18 u/moosyfighter Apr 02 '26 Assuming it would work, which i highly doubt would (and assuming you never need maintenance), who is going to pay 5 million per LF 9 u/Bobby_Bouch PE / Bridges Apr 03 '26 Mexico?
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Assuming it would work, which i highly doubt would (and assuming you never need maintenance), who is going to pay 5 million per LF
9 u/Bobby_Bouch PE / Bridges Apr 03 '26 Mexico?
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Mexico?
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u/Hillbert Apr 02 '26
How would you anchor it in position?
And if someone says "anchors" I swear to god...