Posts Tagged: "space elevator"

According to the Summary of the Invention, the disclosed space elevator is a self supporting tower for the delivery of payloads to a platform above the surface of the Earth. The patent explains that the space elevator tower provide access to lower altitude regions, but can also be scaled to access altitudes above15 km, which is a bit higher than the typical altitude ceiling for a Boeing 777 commercial aircraft. The patent also goes on to say that the space elevator tower could be further scaled to provide direct access to altitudes above 200 km.