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Scientists Say We Could Build a Space Elevator Using Microscopic Diamond Chains

11.19.15

By Melissa Cronin
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Who Needs a Space Elevator Anyway?

09.07.15

By Graham Templeton
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Space Elevators Are Totally Possible (If Someone Will Just Pay for It)

08.28.15

By Graham Templeton
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‘Space Tethers’ Can Be Used to Fling Spacecraft Into Interplanetary Space

05.12.15

By Jason Koebler
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One Company’s Plan to Build a Space Elevator to the Moon

09.23.14

By Amy Shira Teitel

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