With a space elevator, you don't need rockets or fuel ... Locating the tether base at the equator would lessen the likelihood of hurricanes, but it would still need to be in the open ocean ...

The space elevator may be a very real possibility within our lifetimes. Previously the stuff of science fiction novels, scientists and engineers around the world will continue their discussion at ...

Scientists are working on a 22,000-mile space elevator, a cable stretching from Earth to space. This 'sky ladder' could ...

It’s the stuff that Science Fiction is made of: an elevator that climbs its way into space rather than needing a rocket to get there. Can it be done? No. But this Kickstarter project aims to ...

Why build a space elevator? "The space elevator will reduce the cost of getting from Earth to space. It will also allow us to take very large payloads into space very easily, very safely.

The funds raised from the ‘Base 2 Space Stair Climb’ will go towards ... Everyone will take the elevator back to the bottom. “We are grateful to the Space Needle and to everyone who supports ...

Possibilities, according to the document, include "tethers for a space elevator, grid-nets for orbital debris remediation, kilometer-scale interferometers for radio science, new self-assembled ...