space elevator
宇宙エレベーター 宇宙エレベータ 軌道エレベーター 軌道エレベータ
A space elevator is a proposed type of space transportation system. Like its name implies, is basically an elevator designed to ascend all the way through the atmosphere and into space.
The system is also referred as the orbital elevator, Jacob's Ladder and Beanstalk in several old science fiction stories. The related concepts are the space fountain, orbital ring, skyhook, space necklace and rotovator.
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