Means of support of structure's weight:

• Tether: Tensile strength of carbon nanotube ribbon matrix.

  • Strength to weight ratio critical to usability of material. Brad Edward's material has density of 1300kg/m³ and tensile working strength of 100 GPa.

• KESTS: Kinetic energy stored within structure.

  • Armature mass stream velocity to mass ratio, and ratio of velocity to orbital velocity ratio, critical to balance of weight of structure

Delivery of lift energy to elevator/rail vehicles along structure:

Techniques for emplacing "seed" structure for "bootstrap" construction

Techniques for bootstrap construction