Wednesday, March 08, 2006
Space elevator news
Most recent news about the space elevator.
It's probably too late to get in on the ground floor.
Get it?...
It's probably too late to get in on the ground floor.
Get it?...
From CNN Money Magazine:
"The 62,000-Mile Elevator Ride - March 1, 2006"
"The cable, known to elevator scientists as a ribbon, would be dropped in stages from space and hooked up to a floating platform similar to an offshore oil rig. An elevator car roughly the size of a Boeing 747, able to carry hundreds of people or 200 tons of cargo, could climb and descend the ribbon at a speed of 120 mph. That means the first trip to geosynchronous orbit (22,000 miles) would take seven days, but scientists say that could be reduced to four days by the time the first passengers make the journey. (Still, bring a good book for when the view of Earth gets dull.)"
