NOVA: Elevator to Space

An elevator to space?
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[0xFE]

most physicists seems to think that it will work with carbon nano tubes

[SailorBarsoom]

@learber

You'd only be able to send up one or a few people at a time, and the time spent getting to orbit would take longer than the rest of a trip to the Moon.

[learber]

@SailorBarsoom a week is not bad if u a mini house/elvator that has beds and tvs and games and plus imagine the view . the thing iam most worried about is terriost what if they blow it up and break it.after years and years of building

[learber]

@bravebeatle a sattilite i think i forgot

[bravebeatle]

This was the most useless video Ive ever seen. Who's going to be holding the top of the cable the machine is going to climb???

Idiotic.

[savata71]

Watch the video "Space bike BG" on YouTube!

[SailorBarsoom]

This is great, but a week is too long to wait. I suspect that this will be used for bulk cargo, especially delicate items that can't take high acceleration. But people will probably go into orbit using a faster (and yes, more expensive) method.

Of course, if they get a 3,000 MPH version going, the trip will take less than eight hours. People will put up with eight hours (instead of eight minutes) to save money.

[KSIAxeMan24]

Cabon Nano Tubes>Steel lol

[ROLNIKxPL]

won't work. no way.

[superjdt]

Agreed: Nova Science has turned to trash. What low-level reporting on this essential topic.