Japanese company plans to build a functioning space elevator by 2050

Monday, September 22, 2014 - 05:02 in Physics & Chemistry

A Japanese construction company has announced it’s using carbon nanotubes to build a 96,000-kilometre-tall space elevator that will take people and cargo into space for a low cost.

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