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General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Technology => Topic started by: Elderberry on September 16, 2019, 05:10:40 pm
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Japan News 9/16/2019
A two-day test for a future space elevator linking Earth and a space station ended in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Sunday.
The test, the second of its kind, was organized by the Japan Space Elevator Association.
It was attended by 12 teams including universities and companies in Japan and abroad.
More: https://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0006009558 (https://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0006009558)
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Materials technology has to get much, much better, by several orders of magnitude, before this is possible.