Petition Make a commitment to create a British space elevator (not just a space port).

If we truly want to get in to the space race we need to make a bold move. A space elevator would allow for cheap transport into orbit. The material science is close. We have a possible site in the Ascension Islands and we should take the initiative for once. The commercial possibilities are endless

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Space Elevators in Science Fiction, also see Beanstalks

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/176625-60000-miles-up-geostationary-space-elevator-could-be-built-by-2035-says-new-study

BBC, Wikipedia

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

26 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 26 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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Date closed 25 November 2016
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