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1.4.2007 An Elevator to Space?

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The entrepreneurs and engineers at LiftPort Group in Bremerton, Washington think space elevators aren't just a wild idea. Indeed, they've staked their corporation on the concept. In the video below, join Neil de Grasse Tyson for a hands-on look at LiftPort's efforts.

Joe McMaster has been working in documentary production for nearly 20 years. He is a producer at NOVA at WGBH in Boston, where he has made programs about a wide variety of topics, from the Iceman and Isaac Newton to skyscrapers and string theory ("The Elegant Universe"). His previous segments for NOVA scienceNOW include a look at the threat a major hurricane posed to New Orleans (which aired six months before Hurricane Katrina) and a profile of an MIT robot designer.