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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:Wow can you imagine by anethema · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Agreed.

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    It's easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.
  2. counterweight by crache · · Score: 0, Redundant

    could attaching a counterweight to the earth in fact disturb it's orbit around the sun?