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Going Up?

Posted by michael on from the if-only-we-had-the-vision dept.

An AC points us to this article about the space elevator concept, once solely the realm of science fiction but now coming a bit closer to reality. The main problem seems to be the lack of some material with the ludicrous tensile strength required. Oh, and an asteroid to anchor it. And the willpower to actually build it. Check out the slashdot discussion of an earlier spacescience.com article on this idea as well.

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  1. Megascale Engineering by tamnir · · Score: 5

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