"We are still at least 10 years away from a material solution"
Aka: With current technology we couldn't make it even given infinite money and resources. Come back when graphene gets out of the lab.
Still pretty sci-fi, only maybe possible near term on a lower gravity body, like on the moon. But even that is still very far out from becoming economically and practically feasible instead of just technically possible.
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Reply to Space Elevators Are Less Sci-Fi Than You Think by Sorin61
"We are still at least 10 years away from a material solution"
Aka: With current technology we couldn't make it even given infinite money and resources. Come back when graphene gets out of the lab.
Still pretty sci-fi, only maybe possible near term on a lower gravity body, like on the moon. But even that is still very far out from becoming economically and practically feasible instead of just technically possible.