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 ...

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 ...

Here at UT, we've had several stories that describe the concept of a space elevator. They are designed to make it easier to get objects off Earth and into space. That, so far, has proven technically ...

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 ...

Imagine stepping into a cabin, pressing a button and riding smoothly upward… all the way to space. No roaring engines, no crushing G-forces. Just a long, quiet climb to the stars. That’s the promise ...

A spectacular design for a space elevator, with the goal of efficiently transporting passengers into outer space, has been awarded a $11,000 prize. As the BBC reports, British architect Jordan William ...

Space elevators remain one of the most fascinating space concepts because they suggest a future where reaching orbit no longer depends entirely on expensive rocket launches. Interest in space elevator ...

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 ...