Sentences with phrase «dozen space elevators»
A world blessed with a half - dozen space elevators constructed cooperatively, radiating from the equator like lotus petals, could provide near - universal access to space at a payload cost of as little as $ 10 a pound.
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While NASA takes the space elevator seriously, the idea is officially just one of dozens of advanced concepts jostling for tight funding, and it was conspicuously absent from President Bush's January 14 address, in which he laid out plans for returning to the moon by 2020, followed by a manned mission to Mars.
The space elevator is the most prominent of a dozen projects on the institute's agenda.