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Space Elevator Going Up

Posted by michael on from the penthouse-suite dept.

Adlopa writes "The Guardian newspaper reports on scientists' efforts to realise the space elevator, as first described by Arthur C Clarke in his 1979 novel 'Fountains of Paradise'. Advances in materials science mean that 'a cable reaching up as far as 100,000km from the surface of the Earth' is no longer an impossibility and 70 scientists and engineers are discussing the idea at a conference in Santa Fe today."

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  1. hmmm by Pflipp · · Score: -1, Redundant

    mustn't think about breaking the cable, though.... (fp)

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  2. Kind of scary. by grub · · Score: 0, Redundant


    Imagine a 100,000 km cable falling to earth.. I wouldn't want to be under it.

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  3. Re:what i really want to know is... by Zoop · · Score: 1, Redundant

    For an elevator that goes up to 36,000 km, the question will be, will it have a 666th floor?

  4. Obligatory South Park Quote by DarkHelmet · · Score: 0, Redundant
    "They're building a ladder to heaven, oh 9/11, 9/11".

    Seriously, imagine what kind of target this would be for terrorism.

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