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A private company managed to move a small step towards the idea of building a futuristic space elevator.
The Liftspot company of Bremerton, Washington has successfully tested a climbing robot, which is able to wrap itself up and down on a long string attached to a high-flying balloon.
The experiment conducted at the beginning of the week, in which the robot crossed a distance of about 300 meters, appears to be a preliminary test for the third method for building a space elevator. The concept uses a cable made of composite materials based on extremely strong carbon nanotubes, which will stretch 100 kilometers from Earth into space.
The Space.com website states that the space elevator is supposed to stretch from a marine facility near the equator in the heart of the Pacific Ocean. On the other side, the cable will be attached to the satellite which will provide it with a counterweight. Robotic mechanical elevators will go up and down the cable and carry satellites, solar collectors and eventually humans into space.
The Liftport company plans to take this concept out of the research labs into commercial development.
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