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The great space elevator

When I first heard of this story, I thought it was crazy. What? You push a button and go through the roof into outer space like Charlie and the great glass elevator?

(No, I'm not familiar with the Arthur C. Clarke story that apparently inspired the ideas. But there was a really awful episode of Star Trek Voyager that took place aboard a space elevator. I kept hoping that somehow Neelix would get shoved out an airlock to certain death so there'd at least be something I'd enjoy.)

Apparently NASA's been thinking of this for awhile.

While the field seems to be dominated by individuals there's at least one company that has its sights on fielding a space elevator by 2002 called LiftPort.

But I don't think they'll run into any vermicious knids.

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