# Space elevator

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/space-elevator/203041>\
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**Created:** [October 6, 2006, 7:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/space-elevator/203041 "2006-10-06T19:53:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![MMXII](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@MMXII](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MMXII)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 7:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/space-elevator/203041/1 "2006-10-06T19:53:17Z")

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[URL=“[http://www.spaceelevator.com/](http://www.spaceelevator.com/)”][http://www.spaceelevator.com/](http://www.spaceelevator.com/)

\*\*[SIZE=2]Climbers ascend a ribbon, 100,000 km long, strung between an anchor on Earth and a counterweight in space. Connecting Earth and space in a way never before possible, the space elevator will enable us to inexpensively and completely expand our society into space.[/SIZE]  
[SIZE=2]This site will serve as a reference tool for those interested in exchanging ideas on the scientific, engineering, economic and policy challenges inherent in constructing the solar system’s first space elevator.[/SIZE]  
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[URL=“[http://www.spaceelevator.com/](http://www.spaceelevator.com/)”]