Featured Vid #329 – Space Elevator – Science Fiction or the Future of Mankind?

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Without a doubt, space elevators are a quintessential part of science fiction. While one may not be built anytime soon, space elevators are just too cool of an idea to leave behind because of current restraints. Just imagine; you get in a capsule, most likely a very large hotel-like elevator chamber, and in one to two days you are in space. Like I said before, this seems like science fiction, but in the near future space elevators may not be quite so unrealistic.

The great video above, made by Kurzgesagt – In A Nutshell, tells you all about space elevators, why you would build one in the first place, and what technologies would need to be developed before the creation of such a structure. Despite what you might think, space elevators may not be such an outlandish idea, as there are many potential economic upsides to using them to launch satellites, rockets, spaceships, etc. Even if the idea of space elevators don’t come to fruition in any of our lifetimes, it is interesting to learn about how they could become a reality and what would need to be done to build such an awesome structure.

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