September 22, 2008

Space Elevator from sci-fi into reality?


by James Alastair Miller

According to the chairman of the Japan Space Elevator Association it'd only need to be four times stronger than the current strongest nanotube rope.

Could be 100 times cheaper to get there than using a Space Shuttle.

“Just like travelling abroad, anyone will be able to ride the elevator into space,” Shuichi Ono, chairman of the Japan Space Elevator Association, said.


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