What's the tallest THING we've ever built? How tall will we EVER be able to build?

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Links:

see two sunrises/sunsets and calculate the Earth's Radius: http://www.darylscience.com/downloads...

also HERE: http://www.astro.princeton.edu/~dns/t...

Tallest Structures TIMELINE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline...

Tallest list incorporating building/structure distinction: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_...

falling person and terminal velocity: http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci...

KWTV, first radio mast taller than the Empire State Building: http://www.fybush.com/sites/2004/site...

radio mast collapse VIDEO:    • Radio Tower Collapses After Guy Wires...  

Dubai and Burj Khalifa in fog:    • Video  

Pictures of Burj Khalifa: http://www.owips.com/burj-khalifa/

Burj Khalifa and Ramadan: http://www.emirates247.com/news/emira...

Shuttle / ISS height: http://serc.carleton.edu/quantskills/...

Sunrise from orbit VIDEO:    • Video  

XKCD Date Idea" http://blog.xkcd.com/2009/04/06/a-dat...

Space elevator: http://www.spaceward.org/ (be sure to enjoy the Conan Space Pirate Toy .gif)

http://www.spaceelevatorblog.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_el...

Another possible way to make a super-tall structure: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_fo...