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Award-winning laser-powered robotic climber paves way for 'space elevator'

Source: NewKerala
Los Angeles : CA : USA | about 1 month ago  
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Building a space elevator would require anchoring a cable on the ground near Earth�s equator and deploying the other end thousands of kilometres into space. The centrifugal force due to Earth�s spin would keep the cable taut so that a robot could climb it and release payloads into orbit.
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