Inflatable Space Elevator Patented

[terrafamilia]

Canadian company Thoth Technology, Inc. is awarded a patent for an inflatable space elevator that is proposed to extend 20 kms into the stratosphere.

http://www.cnet.com/news/an-inflatable-s...-a-patent/
http://news.discovery.com/tech/robotics/...150818.htm
http://www.space.com/30272-space-elevato...atent.html

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Terrafamilia