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Darren Straight
First test for The Space Elevator is a success
LiftPort Group Inc, a private group, has successfully tested a robot climber a novel piece of hardware that reeled itself up and down a lengthy ribbon dangling from a high-altitude balloon at around 1000 feet in the air, this experiment is one small step to building a fully functional space elevator in the future.
The location of the experiment itself was not revealed.
My earlier Blog post
ScienceNews Daily Article
MSNBC Article