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We've seen all sorts of projects hit Kickstarter over the years from video games to iPhone docks and all sorts of stuff in between. What may be the strangest Kickstarter project I've ever seen is now ...

Space elevators have long been a staple of science fiction. Now, scientists in Japan will test space-elevator tech from the International Space Station. The push for a space elevator took a step ...

The very minimum requirement for a space elevator is, obviously, a cable strong enough to support its own weight when hanging from geostationary orbit down to earth, 36000 km below. That is a very ...

Last week, an unconventional Kickstarter project gained Internet fame and soared past its funding goal within days of launching. Its mission? A lunar elevator experiment simulating a two-kilometer ...

It sounds like a science fiction plotline—a space elevator. Now, it may be a possibility. Scientists at Japan's Shizuoka University are testing the space elevator, a potential solution to getting ...

Space elevators are slowly making the transition from science fiction to science fact... but we're not quite there yet. LiftPort, a group that already holds the record for tallest elevator, is taking ...

Space-elevator tech, a longtime sci-fi staple, is about to get a test here in the real world. The Japanese STARS-Me (Space Tethered Autonomous Robotic Satellite-Mini Elevator) payload arrived at the ...

The push for a space elevator took a step forward this week when a team of researchers from Shizuoka University in Japan announced that they will launch an experiment to the International Space ...