Elevator to space

[GoldenBear]

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/spaceelevators000914.html

Holy crap can you even imagine what'll look like? I mean, staring up at this thing going through the atmosphere into nowhere land? It'll cost $5 a lb. for someone to go up, so some of you may have to start saving up, you have about 50 yrs to start

 

[Soybomb]

Will kenny g be playing inside......

 

[yakko]

What happens if there is a power outage? How will they get people out?

 

[ltk007]

ROFL


That'd be seriously cool if a space elvator were built in my lifetime. I'd go up, that's for sure.

 

[Dave]

Sci-Fi writers have been writing about the idea of a "beanstalk" made of carbon fiber composite material for years ... elctrical power would be generated by the movement of the beanstalk through Earth's magnetic field ... wild!

 

[GroundOO]

I think this is more of a supply line than a tourist attraction. But it is damn funny.

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