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Offline Elderberry

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‘Space elevator’ technology tested
« on: Monday, Sep 16, 2019 09:10 am »
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
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Offline Joe Wooten

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Re: ‘Space elevator’ technology tested
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday, Sep 17, 2019 01:39 pm »
Materials technology has to get much, much better, by several orders of magnitude, before this is possible.
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