Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A space elevator could make it much cheaper and faster to get goods to other planets, like Mars. The Obayashi Corporation based in ...

We might not currently have any technology that would make a space elevator viable on Earth. But that doesn't mean they wouldn't work on other bodies around the solar system. One of the most ...

Humanity's quest to explore—and, perhaps eventually, colonize—outer space has prompted a great many ideas about how precisely to go about it. While conventional wisdom suggests that space launch via ...

LiftPort Group, the space elevator companies, today announced the release of “LiftPort — The Space Elevator: Opening Space to Everyone,” a new book on the LiftPort Space Elevator, a revolutionary new ...

A regular traction elevator works by using a strong cable to move the elevator cabin up and down between the floors in a building through 'traction' which means 'pulling' or 'lifting'. There is a ...

LiftPort Group, the space elevator companies, today announced that it has successfully completed its second round of preliminary tests of its high altitude platform and robotic lifters. The tests, ...

Honestly, it's really more of a stratosphere elevator than a "space" elevator, but a new space elevator concept from Canadian company Thoth Technology(Opens in a new window) has some in the space ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Imagine a long tether linking Earth to space that could launch us to orbit at a fraction of the cost ...