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Obayashi To Build Space Elevator By 2050

Posted by Soulskill on from the go-ahead-and-book-your-rides-now-it's-a-sure-thing dept.

mattr writes "Japan's Obayashi Corp. has announced plans to build a space elevator by 2050. They are famous for wrecking skylines with the over-sized bullet train station in Kyoto, the world's tallest self-supporting tower Tokyo Sky Tree and just recently, the beginnings of the Taipei Dome. It will take a week at 200 kph for your party of 30 to reach the 36,000-km-high terminal station, while the counterweight [swings along at] 96 km high, a quarter of the way to the Moon."

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  1. Re:Kenny G by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    It's black history month you speak chuckin NIGGERS!