The first suggestion that a single tower might give us access to space came from the visionary Russian space pioneer Konstantin Tsiolkovsky ... a paper suggesting that a space elevator is feasible ...

Here's how a space elevator would work. In 1895, the Russian rocket scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky gazed at ... The basic design of a space elevator would involve a cable, or "tether," that ...

The idea for the space elevator is over 100 years old, when Russian rocket scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, inspired by the Eiffel Tower, conceived of a structure so large that its tip would ...

A spectacular design for a space elevator, with the goal of efficiently transporting ... The concept was first envisioned by Russian rocket scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky in a 1895 book called ...

The space elevator idea dates back to 1895, when Russian scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky imagined a giant ladder reaching from Earth to space. A satellite in geostationary orbit, 36,000 km above ...

Alice Gorman is a Director on the Board of the Space Industry Association of ... what life in space might be like in the future. Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857-1935) suggested that, by 2017, war ...