Going Up?

" There's no good. Yeah yeah. Economy I think IDR home. That was a classic clip of course from Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory what was that -- bet it scared me at least there may well it would candy -- glass elevator. Now a little closer to reality NASA has been holding a contest for four years four years to see who can create a space elevator. A team from Seattle finally not surprisingly from Seattle finally -- sending a robot of the cable. To a helicopter more than half a mile on the air in just under four minutes. So how close are -- to really having an elevator to space. Landfill enough is the editor -- PC mag dot com I hope I pronounce your last name right Sheila Sheila I apologize my apologies. So that's spaced -- a little bit about the the the winning space elevator when exactly does it look like and what what's the point of it."

" It certainly doesn't look like something you can ride on right now but it's really to robots and it's really proof of concept so it rot runs on the table with cables connected to a helicopter right now. And -- it's powered the really interesting thing about this devices it's powered by a laser beam shooting at photovoltaic. Cells on the bottom of the robots like keeps it running. And it basically made it up to the top -- like just over four minutes I guess which wasn't as fast as the current competition really required they run 1900000. Dollars they could have won two million if they'd gone a lot faster. But you know again it's. It's just the start of what could possibly be a space elevator into space and -- reason that people always like -- get the space elevator. A lot safer than strapping a rocket to you behind."

" What happened I guess you know you're injured you're trying to get up to space quickly wanna you wanna get up there safely. An elevator and those seem like it might take a little bit longer than just you know it'll definitely yeah yeah it'll definitely take longer I mean a rocket -- the G force and rocket you know you."

" Heard about it it's incredible how fast you go up -- an elevator is going to be slower it's going to be small -- May only take like one person -- one payload at a time. You know at this point scientists still -- that they've got strong enough cables to really sustain what would be. Probably 22 miles into space that's so far you have to go to actually get into space and then there's the placement of the elevator it has to be on the equator it has to be that big in space has to rotate in synchronization with the thing on the ground. A lot of hurdles to overcome and probably the most interesting thing to me is the guy who -- one of the guys who runs a company -- a motive. Who won this competition doesn't actually think that space elevators leaving. Our are practical what the white and I spent all this time working on it. Because they could be practical elsewhere in fact he thinks jumper from the moon. Too -- into space because we often talk about possibly having some sort of space station on the move that's the next step and if you do that if you wanna have a space elevator to a rotating. You know space. Area -- in space station in space that's a possibility."

" Far out men are right thanks very much as variant is saying and congratulations to the -- we appreciate it. And by the way space travel becomes available in 32 who would you like to take with you that well is currently on our website. At the top of the home page just click on the opinion tab and that'll take you to the opinion section where you can take the ball."

" It's bizarre it's -- I mean I. Way to figure this out that'd get you might try and elevator escalated -- the space -- people it is funky."