Ever heard of a Space Elevator ?

While the idea of a space elevator has been around for about 100 years, the idea became more feasible by the 1991 discovery of "carbon nanotubes," tiny atoms that can come together and make a cylinder. The elevator is built around the idea of a ribbon and tether that could lift people thousands of miles into near space to a destination such as the International space station

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