Press “UP” for Space
October 2, 2015
9/29/15 – A Canadian company, Thoth Technology, has announced plans to build a 12-mile-tall space elevator—for which it recently won a U.S. patent—to carry vehicles, payloads, and even people into orbit. As described in Issues, this is but one of several imaginative propulsion alternatives to conventional rockets that could make reaching and working in space more practical and affordable over the long run.