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Space Elevator

A cable anchored to the ground and reaching beyond geostationary orbit, up which vehicles would climb to space without rockets. It remains theoretical: no known material has the strength-to-weight needed to build the tether on Earth.

Orbital & Surface InfrastructureTheoretical

Highlights

›Theoretical — no material yet strong enough

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NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
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