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A Hoist to the Heavens A space elevator could be the biggest thing to happen since the Stone Age, but can we build one? Many aspects are already being imagined and considered by forward-thinking engineers. |
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The Space Elevator Tryouts Rocketing into space? Some think an elevator might be the way to go. |
PC Magazine
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Going Up? Arthur C. Clarke's 1978 novel Fountains of Paradise proposed that an elevator to space would be feasible. Now, LiftPort Group is aiming to make the dream a reality. |
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Audio Transcript: Interview with Arthur C. Clarke Arthur C. Clarke, famed science-fiction writer of 2001: A Space Odyssey, spent a lifetime imagining and writing about technology. |
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Final Thoughts from Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) The last interview with the late Sir Arthur in a Sri Lanka hospital in January found the famed author still entranced with terraforming planets, space elevators, and the search for extraterrestrials |
The Motley Fool
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Top Floor: Space NASA opens space elevator competition to private companies. But you needn't wait for investing opportunities. Carbon nanotubes are expected to play a major role here, and that's good news for small pure-play nano firms, such as Harris & Harris and Arrowhead Research. |
Fast Company
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Google X Confirms The Rumors: It Really Did Try To Design A Space Elevator Rich DeVaul, head of Google X's Rapid Evaluation team, has confirmed for the first time ever that Google's super hush-hush R&D lab actually tried to design one. |
The Motley Fool
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Ride the Space Elevator to Riches! Harris & Harris and other nanotech specialists could ride their own space elevator in the next couple of years. |
IEEE Spectrum
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Remembering Sputnik: Sir Arthur C. Clarke Although he is more revered for his role as an author, Clarke has well deserved the title of futurist for his groundbreaking thinking on space exploration. Here's an interview. |
Technology Research News
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Nanotubes Lengthen to Centimeters Researchers have found a way to grow very long carbon nanotubes. One long-range possibility is using ultralong carbon nanotubes fibers to make an elevator to low Earth orbit. |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2005 |
An Elevated Mission Artist Alan Chan illustrates his vision of a space elevator. |
PC Magazine
March 15, 2006 |
Bits & Bites v25n6 LiftPort Group has stood a space elevator cable one mile into the air, held aloft by a weather balloon, and robots have successfully climbed up and down. |
