space elevators
Scientists Say We Could Build a Space Elevator Using Microscopic Diamond Chains
Diamond nanothreads are an “ideal material” for the cable needed to ferry cargo between Earth and the Moon or Mars.
Who Needs a Space Elevator Anyway?
It's not that mankind can't build a space elevator, it's that no one's yet come up with a compelling enough pitch to do so.
Space Elevators Are Totally Possible (If Someone Will Just Pay for It)
“This would of course all go a lot faster if we had, you know, money.”
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'Space Tethers' Can Be Used to Fling Spacecraft Into Interplanetary Space
NASA wants 60-mile-long tethers to fling spacecraft from low-Earth orbit into interplanetary space, without the need for propellant.
One Company's Plan to Build a Space Elevator to the Moon
A new documentary project, 'Shoot the Moon,' is chronicling LiftPort's quest to make this a reality.
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