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How Engineers Could Actually Build a Space Elevator

The space elevator has been called a “stairway to the heavens,” but making one work comes with massive engineering challenges ...
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Are We Building a Space Elevator?

The concept of a Space Elevator might seem like science fiction, right? However, what if we told you that a company in Japan ...
SpaceNews

NASA Extends Prize Funding for Space Elevator Challenges to 5 Years

Mountain View, CA – The Spaceward Foundation in collaboration with NASA today announced a significant expansion of the Power Beaming and Tether Challenges. These two events are collectively known as ...
SpaceNews

The Space Elevator – The Other Way to the High Frontier

Explore the frontiers of space exploration this summer with a special one-day session on the space elevator. The Space Engineering and Science Institute (SESI) will host Space Elevator Day on Friday, ...
Space.com

4 futuristic space technologies — and when they might happen

Solar farms in orbit, nuclear power on the moon, space elevators and interstellar travel — which might we see happen first? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...
The Digital Universe

Origami-inspired space tech: BYU mechanical engineers create deployable systems for NASA and U.S. Air Force

BYU's origami-inspired antenna self-deploys for space applications. Produced by BYU Video. It's hard to imagine modern life without cell phones, GPS navigation, wide-spread internet, weather ...