Friday, September 21, 2012

Take an Elevator to the Moon

via unknowncountry by astrieber on 9/7/12

Despite Curiosity, our space program has pretty much moved to private companies. Now there's a company that's trying to raise cash to build an elevator to the moon. They hope to have it ready in less than a decade.

LiftPort's Space Elevator Project is trying to raise $3 million on Kickstarter, and it's already gone past its $8,000 goal for the first phase. A space elevator could take robots, cargo and humans to the surface of the moon, and space tourist dollars could eventually make the project pay off.

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