Submission + - Space Elevator in Obayashi Corporate Report for 2050
gpronger writes: Obayashi Corp (http://www.obayashi.co.jp/english/ir/corporate_report/ir2012en.pdf) has published its corporate report including planning to develop a space elevator using carbon nanotubes by 2050.
There's a number of articles out 'there', but a decent one to glance at is; http://news.discovery.com/tech...
This could be interpreted as wishful thinking, but at the same time, I am impressed that they are placing timelines of that far-out (pun intended) in a corporate report. From what I've seen, there are few US firms willing to plan out more than a decade.
There's a number of articles out 'there', but a decent one to glance at is; http://news.discovery.com/tech...
This could be interpreted as wishful thinking, but at the same time, I am impressed that they are placing timelines of that far-out (pun intended) in a corporate report. From what I've seen, there are few US firms willing to plan out more than a decade.