Posted by
Far_view on Monday, November 09, 2009 11:55:41 AM
Here is
an article on research on building a space elevator. It is good that
they start the article with a quote from the 1979 Arthur C. Clarke
novel "The Fountains of Paradise". That was the first that I had ever
heard of the idea. It still seems pretty tough to do, but if it could
be done it would REALLY open up the space frontier.