Mombasa Tether: Difference between revisions

A large portion of the tower's debris was left scattered around Earth's surface, while most of the tether was pulled into space, likely ending up in an unstable orbit around Earth.<ref name="spaceflight">[http://spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/space-flight/a-hoist-to-the-heavens ''IEEE Spectrum'': A Hoist to the Heavens]</ref> Debris such as support rings and cables rained down to the surface far as the town of [[Voi]] and its surrounding regions, leaving large areas littered with debris and damaging infrastructure, such as the [[Tsavo Highway (location)|Tsavo Highway]].<ref name="tsavo">''Halo 3'', campaign level [[Tsavo Highway]]</ref> After the end of the [[Human-Covenant War]] on [[2553|March, 2553]], some debris from the elevator still remained in the area near Voi.<ref>''[[Halo 3]]'', campaign level [[Halo (Halo 3 level)|Halo]]</ref>

File:H3_TsavoDebris.jpg|One of the tower's stabilizer rings lays damaged near [[Tsavo Highway (location)|Tsavo Highway]].