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Matt Williams, and ,Universe Today

A single-atom thick material could make a 127-year-old space travel idea a reality


The space elevator is one of those ideas that seems to have an endless supply of lives. Originally proposed about a century-and-a-quarter ago, this concept calls for a tether of supermaterial that connects a station in orbit to Earth’s surface.

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