Los Alamos National Laboratory / NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory / The New York Times Company / /
Country
Sri Lanka / /
Currency
USD / /
Facility
Los Alamos laboratory / NASA Institute / International Space Station / Los Alamos National Laboratory / /
IndustryTerm
airline routes / beam energy / planetary flight systems / space travel decades / high-energy particles / reasonable solutions / steel / /
Movie
September / /
Organization
Institute for Scientific Research / Marshall Space Flight Center / National Aeronautics and Space Administration / NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts / /
Person
Anders Jorgensen / Bryan E. Laubscher / David V. Smitherman / Carey R. Butler / Gentry Lee / KENNETH CHANG ANTA FE / Bradley C. Edwards / Steven E. Patamia / Arthur C. Clarke / Konstantin E. Tsiolkovsky / /
Position
director of research / chief engineer / researcher / scientist / Butler / a program manager / chief engineer of planetary flight systems / program manager / /
September 23, 2003 Not Science Fiction: An Elevator to Space By KENNETH CHANG ANTA FE, N.M. — With advances toward ultrastrong fibers, the concept of building an elevator 60,000 miles high to carry cargo into space is