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Space elevators in fiction

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This is a list of occurrences of space elevators in fiction. Some depictions were made before the space elevator concept became fully established. Kris...

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Space elevator

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Retrieved September 1, 2015. Van Pelt, Micheal (2009), "Space Elevators", Space Tethers and Space Elevators, New York, New York: Springer, pp. 143–178, doi:10...

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Space elevator economics

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elevator safety Space elevators in fiction Space tether Tether propulsion Grush, Loren (24 December 2015). "SpaceX's reusable rockets will make space...

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Space elevator construction

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this speed. Elevator:2010 Lunar space elevator Non-rocket spacelaunch Space elevator economics Space elevators in fiction Space elevator safety D.V. Smitherman...

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Space elevator safety

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via a space elevator with the cost of doing so with alternativesPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback Space elevators in fiction Clarke...

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Space travel in science fiction

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archetypal for science fiction. Space travel, interplanetary or interstellar, is usually performed in space ships, and spacecraft propulsion in various works ranges...

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The Fountains of Paradise

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1979 science fiction novel by British writer Arthur C. Clarke. Set in the 22nd century, it describes the construction of a space elevator. This "orbital...

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Space stations and habitats in fiction

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The concepts of space stations and space habitats feature in science fiction. The difference between the two is that habitats are larger and more complex...

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Space dock

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a space launch to reach space and existing spacecraft to make an atmospheric entry and landing for repair work. They currently only exist in fiction, however...

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Aircraft in fiction

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V-8 engines installed in them, and the lack of elevators on the horizontal stabilizer. Future US President Ronald Reagan appears in the Recognition of the...

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Lost in Space

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Lost in Space is an American science fiction television series, created and produced by Irwin Allen, which originally aired between 1965 and 1968 on CBS...

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Space Needle

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where the Space Needle elevators can be seen ascending and descending. A café, wine bar, more restrooms, and an additional accessibility elevator to the...

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Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

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orbit in the Elevator. Once they leave, the President allows the Commuter Capsule, carrying astronauts and Space Hotel staff, to dock with the Space Hotel...

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The 13th Floor Elevators

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band Television played the Elevator's song "Fire Engine" live in the mid-1970s. In the 1980s and 1990s, the 13th Floor Elevators influenced bands such as...

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Space tether

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object from a tether orbiting in space. Many uses for space tethers have been proposed, including deployment as space elevators, as skyhooks, and for doing...

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Orbital ring

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5 km/sec in the direction opposite the cable will appear stationary and allow a cable to be lowered to form a space elevator. This elevator is only perhaps...

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Space Babies

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"Space Babies" is the first episode of the fourteenth series of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who. It was written by Russell...

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The Last Theorem

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Last Theorem in fiction Space elevators in fiction Sri Lanka is not on the equator, but to enable the construction of the space elevator there, Arthur...

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Science in science fiction

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unknown to the author. Extrapolation: Arthur C. Clarke wrote about space elevators, basically a long cable extending from the Earth's surface to geosynchronous...

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Space gun

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A space gun, sometimes called a Verne gun because of its appearance in From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne, is a method of launching an object into...

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Monocrystalline whisker

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materials known, and were featured regularly in science fiction as materials for fabrication of space elevators, arcologies, and other large structures. Despite...

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Hypothetical technology

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Bradley Carl. The NIAC Space Elevator Program. NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts Michel van Pelt, Space Tethers and Space Elevators, p. 53, Springer, 2009...

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Ablative armor

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gel for high-velocity atmospheric reentries. In the Anno Domini time line, the Earth's three space elevators are covered by ablative armor plates to protect...

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Asteroids in fiction

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Dictionary of Science Fiction in Literature. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 301. ISBN 978-0-8108-7884-6. Booker, M. Keith (2014). "Space Elevator". Historical Dictionary...

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