View ROALD DAHL Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, original artwork mock-up design for the covers, c.1972-73 together with an original illustration of the Oompa Loompas, pen and ink with white, ...

An illustration of a space elevator. NASA/MSFC By some estimates, a well-designed elevator would cut the cost of cargo transportation to as low as $100 per kilogram.

Underlying the idea of a space elevator is the high cost of space rockets. It now costs about $25,00 per kilogram (2.2 pounds) to put something into geosynchronous orbit, where communications and ...

In a study published Aug. 25 on the online research archive arXiv, the students contend that it’s technologically and financially feasible to build such a "lunar space elevator," which was first ...

The seven in the other elevator said they had not been able to reach anyone on their intercom. Young said he would call on his. At 9:40 a.m., a voice came over the intercom again.

An elevator pitch is basically a concise introduction that can be communicated in 30 (or in some cases 60) seconds or less. Because everyone these days is short on time, it’s a useful tool ...