I just found again an old document I read some 18 years ago about
space elevators:
http://www.niac.usra.edu/files/studi...472Edwards.pdf

I thought it was interesting then, and I still think it is
interesting. I'm not convinced that a space elevator will ever be
built. But it does address many issues about building one.

"Give me a place to stand I will move the Earth." - Archemedes