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Topic: LiftPort Group space elevator initiative
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SpaceAholic Member Posts: 4998 From: Sierra Vista, Arizona Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 08-26-2012 10:00 PM
LiftPort Group has initiated a funding drive via Kickstarter to raise money for a space elevator. Have you heard of a project called the "Space Elevator"? I hope so. If not, please look it up. If you're aware of it, at all, in any capacity other than old Science Fiction, then it is a safe bet that my talented team at LiftPort was somewhere in the background. You see, we've been catalyzing and coordinating the commercial development of the Space Elevator for over nine years. I was personally involved with NASA's 2001-2003 definitive research study. My company, LiftPort, grew out of the results of that study. Between 2003-2005 we researched Carbon NanoTubes (the strongest material in the world) – and we were not very good at it... However between 2004-2007 we got really good at building robots that climb into the sky. (More on that in a moment.) At our height we had about 60 university research partners, and somewhere between 800-1000 volunteers working on different aspects of the project. But then, in 2007, when the economy crashed, LiftPort got crushed. (Video at 3:15) We closed the company and our team went into hibernation. And now it is time to awaken! This Kickstarter campaign marks the public return of LiftPort Group! | |
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