definetly the future. all this nano stuff is awesome.
The 62,000-Mile Elevator Ride--Nanotubes
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/busin...0588/index.htm
Nanotube technology has brought new life to an old idea--an elevator on a 65,000 mile tether held out from the Earth by an orbitting counterwieght.
Sounds crazy? 2 Companies are currently working to develop the technology--which will have the byproduct of introducing a new building material--nanotubes--and making our current modes of structural engineering obsolete.
Carbon Nanotubes are the lightest strongest material known to man--a nanoribbon the width of a sewing thread is strong enough to lift a large automobile...
Nanotube technology has brought new life to an old idea--an elevator on a 65,000 mile tether held out from the Earth by an orbitting counterwieght.
Sounds crazy? 2 Companies are currently working to develop the technology--which will have the byproduct of introducing a new building material--nanotubes--and making our current modes of structural engineering obsolete.
Carbon Nanotubes are the lightest strongest material known to man--a nanoribbon the width of a sewing thread is strong enough to lift a large automobile...
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Lol, a 7 day long elevator ride! I'm sure once they get the technology perfected they will get the speeds far beyond 120MPH though
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I think that the thing they said about reducing the cost of a shuttle launch by 98% would be phenomenal, Imagine having this elevator go straight up and instead of having a useless counterweight at the end, you have it go right up to a space station. That way any future shuttle launches (we're looking at Mars aren't we?) could simply take off from there and the astronauts and supplies could be sent to the space station via the space elevator
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that would really revolutionize space travel.
What we really need is the space station from 3001: The Final Odyssey, where they had 4 space elevators and they were all linked by a giant ring around the Earth
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I mean if there's only one, where will it be? China or the U.S.? that could start some major controversy and stuff and the last thing we need is to piss off some country who will bomb the elevator LOOL!
What we really need is the space station from 3001: The Final Odyssey, where they had 4 space elevators and they were all linked by a giant ring around the Earth
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