A spectacular design for a space elevator, with the goal of efficiently transporting passengers into outer space, has been awarded a $11,000 prize. As the BBC reports, British architect Jordan William ...

Tie a rock to the end of a piece of ribbon, then spin it over your head. It will be pulled taut as the rock circles about. Now, imagine a ribbon 62,000 miles long, anchored near the equator with a ...

Space Elevator is an intriguing website that lets you make a myriad of discoveries as you travel up from Earth’s surface. Built by creative coder Neal Agarwal, the Space Elevator has a gorgeous, fun ...

A few days ago Liftport released a document titled “Road Map to the LiftPort Space Elevator”. The document is written to be a plan to develop the space elevator. It is a good idea to assemble the ...

A new international report lays out the challenges to building Earth's next great mega-project -- and they're more surmountable than you think. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X ...

While much of the first day of the Space Elevator Conference was dedicated to the problem of space trash, the concept also faces another significant challenge. “We have one big problem — everything ...

The space elevator is one of those ideas that seems to have an endless supply of lives. Originally proposed about a century-and-a-quarter ago, this concept calls for a tether of supermaterial that ...

The space elevator has been called a “stairway to the heavens,” but making one work comes with massive engineering challenges. In this video, I dive into the details - from counterweights to tethers ...

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