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SPACE ELEVATOR
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WHAT IS SPACE ELEVATOR
The Space Elevator is a cable-like tool which could connect the Earth with a fixed
structure in outer space.
What sort of material could webuild a space elevator from?
The cable in a Space Elevator could only be constructed from an extremely strong, flexible and lightweight material, such as carbon nanotubes.
carbon nanotubes 200 times stronger than steel,heat resistant,flexible than most materials
THE ANCHOR
The space anchor will consist of the spent launch vehicle.
The Earth anchor will consist of a mobile sea platform 1500 miles from the Galapagos islands