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Old 08-25-2009, 07:36 AM   #1
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Default Space Elevator approaches the border ...

... the border between fiction and reality. Wow, I remember reading about space elevators in different science fiction novels, most notably for me the Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson.

Here's a link to a page describing Microsoft's role in sponsoring the annual Space Elevator conference: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/f...eElevator.mspx

I never realized the idea had been around since at least 1895! That was definitely an imaginative, forward-thinking guy. Any other sci-fi fans interested in this? Any of keep up with this more closely?
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