Stairway to Heaven...in Japan

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/10/02/space.elevator/index.html

"What floor?"

"Oh, space please"

[VaporTrailx1]

it's about time somebody tries to do something new. A few hundred dollars a pound compared to a few 10thousands.

[executioneer]

it's not just japan that's been working on it :/

[Guitar Woman]

Wasn't there a Southpark episode like this

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

This is the first I've heard of it.

[VaporTrailx1]

i know Japan didn't come up with it. They just always find a way to make things work. They didn't invent the transistor either, but they were the one's that made it economical and worth using.

[magdalene]

thanks for the heads up

[executioneer]

>:

[Dimnos]

Where is my god damn space elevator Japan? >:

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Apparently playing Japanese Gladiators >:

http://www.spaceelevatorblog.com/?p=1413

edit: because they're doing rope climbs instead,

[Blasted Child]

WE CAN BUILD AN ELEVATOR TO SPACE BUT WE CAN'T ETC ETC ETC

[Zhukov]

^ haha.

[Blasted Child]

I bet this was invented because someone complained the stairway to heaven wasn't adapted for the disabled.