^yeah thats my line of thinking, but what Reanimated has saif as far as the order makes sense... but to expand AC's answer to Reanimated's question - After launch, the cord accelerates the pod upwards. At some point (which is far lower than halfway up the tower) the cords are fully contracted and there is no further acceleration imparted onto the pod. The pod immediately begins decelerating with gravity, and the higher it goes, the slower it gets as the cord slowly dampens the speed of climb. Because of this, the pod does not stretch the cord anywhere near as much as it is at launch, as it is slowed by both gravity and the cord...