"not really since you really want single strands of nanotube running from tera to space for maximum strength"
A braided ribbon might be enough
" The point to me is that a space elevator is not crazy science fiction it's looking like a plausable engineering feat in the next 20 years. Nasa should be funding this, not more trips to space with a 40 year old bucket of bolts. We've already got private companies almost ready to put people into space."
NASA is funding the Centenial Prize, which provides competition for various bits of SE tech.
I'd like to see more funding but I'd be disapointed if NASA started putting serious money in space elevators and ditched rockets. We don't even know an SE can be built, or can be built for less than existing rocket - based solutions. There are many many problems with space elevators - some of which could be show-stoppers.
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"not really since you really want single strands of nanotube running from tera to space for maximum strength"
A braided ribbon might be enough
" The point to me is that a space elevator is not crazy science fiction it's looking like a plausable engineering feat in the next 20 years. Nasa should be funding this, not more trips to space with a 40 year old bucket of bolts. We've already got private companies almost ready to put people into space."
NASA is funding the Centenial Prize, which provides competition for various bits of SE tech.
I'd like to see more funding but I'd be disapointed if NASA started putting serious money in space elevators and ditched rockets. We don't even know an SE can be built, or can be built for less than existing rocket - based solutions. There are many many problems with space elevators - some of which could be show-stoppers.