LiftPort plans to build space elevator on the Moon by 2020
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Artist's concept of a space elevator climber (Image: LiftPort)
Schematic of the lunar elevator (Image: LiftPort)
How the lunar elevator would operate (Image: LiftPort)
Artist's impression of the space elevator Earth station (Image: LiftPort)
An alternative climber design (Image: LiftPort)
Another alternative climber design (Image: LiftPort)
Artist's impression of the lunar elevator's lunar base and climber car (Image: LiftPort)
Article Summary
When the late Neil Armstrong and the crew of Apollo 11 went to the Moon, they did so sitting atop a rocket the size of a skyscraper that blasted out jets of smoke and flame as it hurtled skyward. For over half a century, that is how all astronauts have gone into space. It’s all very dramatic, but it’s also expensive. Wouldn’t it be cheaper and easier to take the elevator? That’s the question that Michael Laine, CEO of LiftPort in Seattle, Washington, hopes to answer with the development of a transportation system that swaps space-rockets for space-ribbons.
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