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Space Elevator Gets FAA Clearance

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the hot-off-the-high-wire dept.

lonesome phreak writes "Techzonez has a short piece about the recent FAA waiver received by the LiftPort Group allowing them to conduct preliminary tests or their high altitude robotic lifters. The lifters are early prototypes of the technology that the company is developing for use in its commercial space elevator to ferry cargo back and forth into space."

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  1. Re:Awesome by KrancHammer · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yeah, cause we all know terrorist strikes are a non-event.

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  2. Re:Wow can you imagine by Seumas · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I know I'm going to get modded down for this, but I still think the whole "space elevator" thing is the stupidest idea ever. I mean... it just sounds so retarded that - short of all the coverage it gets - you'd be hard pressed to believe it isn't a hoax. I mean, this is along the lines of "let's make a bridge from the US to Australia" kind of ridiculous.