The End of Rockets: Building a Highway to the Stars

Añadido: 2026-04-28

The space elevator is a theoretical transportation system that uses Earth's rotational momentum to lift payloads into orbit without rocket fuel, potentially reducing space travel costs to levels comparable to plane tickets; while Earth-based construction requires carbon nanotubes that cannot yet be mass-produced, the materials needed for a functional space elevator on the Moon or Mars already exist, making lunar or Martian space elevators potentially more feasible than Earth-based ones.