Space elevator

There's no stairway to heavens? Take the elevator

Posted by Jeff from Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Before jumping to the conclusion that anyone trying to build an elevator into space must be a little crazy, consider that NASA has put up $2 million for a related contest and several new Seattle-area businesses have started working toward this lofty goal. Many who have long been stubbornly devoted to the idea -- which is simple, based upon an elevator climbing a cable up to a space station -- are meeting through Sunday on the Microsoft campus to consider signs of progress and future challenges.

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Alternative-energy elevators shoot for the stars

Posted by Jeff from Seattle Times

Directed toward the craft from the ground was an array of 135 mirrors to concentrate the blinding New Mexico sunlight to an intensity equal to 300 suns. The beam shined on the climber's high-efficiency solar cells. With a muffled whirring, it rose 35 feet.

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Can high wi-fi boost space elevator?

Posted by Jeff from MSNBC

This would be cool - wifi balloons over Seattle! Gates tried to do this with satellites and failed.

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Space elevator robot passes 1,000-foot mark

Posted by Jeff from MSNBC

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