5.04.2005
Space elevators
Going up - way, way, way, way up
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- LiftPort Inc. is gearing up to build an elevator to space, with a top-floor altitude of 62,000 miles for delivery of satellites and people... The privately held company's new plant in New Jersey will produce building blocks for the thousands of miles of pure-carbon elevator cable. A new division, LiftPort Nanotech Inc., will begin production of carbon nanotubes in June at the 3,000-square-foot plant in Millville, N.J.
The tiny tubes made of carbon are one 10-thousandth the diameter of a human hair and one one-thousandth a hair's diameter in length. Carbon, about 60 times stronger than steel, is the only substance that could be used to construct the elevator cable, the company said.
The completed cable will be a ribbon about 3 feet wide, company founder and CEO Michael Laine said Wednesday. LiftPort is still working on the carbon formula, but the final product will be as thin as plastic wrap and have ``a plasticky, flexible feel,'' he said.
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