Can We Build An Elevator To Space? - The Royal Institution Christmas Lecture 2010 - BBC Four

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Materials scientist Dr Mark Miodownik reveals that we are now capable of making fibres that, in theory, should be strong enough to support an elevator that could carry objects from the Earth 36,000 km up to space.

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