Next floor: Radiation, asteroids, extreme cold, women's hosiery

Group working on a space elevator to lift stuff to the space station. One end would be attached to the Earth, the other miles up in space. No word yet on if Donald Trump is interested in working with it.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/10/02/space.elevator/index.html

 

That's an awful long way to hold a fart.

 

They'll be smote.

 

... bourbon, butter, and other picture postcards.

Future generations will never get Led Zepplin now. Why are they so worried about a stairway to heaven. Just take the elevator, duh.

 

Awesome.

 

This sounds ridiculous.
Isn't this akin to building a bridge across the Pacific Ocean? Why would you build a bridge across the Pacific Ocean if you could just work on making air and sea travel quicker and cheaper?
Why would you build a space elevator when you could dedicate time and resources to making the travel quicker and cheaper?

 

So very fucking solid.