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user-inactivated  ·  2555 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: New York Architects Want to Hitch a Skyscraper to an Asteroid and Hang It Over Our Cities

NYC is at 40° North. That skyscraper will be at a 40 degree angle to the tangent of the earth at that latitude if the rock is in a geostationary orbit.

Art students should not do engineering.