Space Elevator patent

[j.dirona]

So I found this today, I thought it was pretty interesting, not saying that it'll happen any time soon (it probably won't) but if this came around in the future it'd be awesome.

 

http://phys.org/news/2015-08-company-canada-patent-space-elevator.html

[Mushious]

Cool, strap a noodle to the side of the planet and watch it wave around as the earth rotates at 1600km/h.