Space Elevator Development Continues
The LiftPort Group announced today the opening of a facility in Millville, New Jersey, where they will manufacture carbon nanotubes for use in their future space elevator project.
Wisely, the company has a plan to develop and sell intermediate products while perfecting nanotubes for the space elevator: “LiftPort Nanotech will make and sell carbon nanotubes to glass, plastic and metal companies, which will in turn synthesize them into other stronger, lighter materials (also known as composites) for use in their applications. Already being used by industries such as automotive and aerospace manufacturing, carbon nanotube composites are lighter than fiberglass and have the potential to be up to 100 times stronger than steel.”