Space Elevator

Can we build a 22,000-mile-high cable to transport cargo and people into space?

Why Build It?

Physicist and space-elevator visionary Brad Edwards describes the many benefits we'd enjoy.

An Elevator to Space?

In this video extra, see a prototype of technology that may one day take us to space.

Ask the Expert

Brad Edwards answers viewer questions about the space elevator.

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