The tether is being woven. Using carbon-nanotube strands braided with high-tensile graphene, the first 1,000 kilometers of the Pacific Space Elevator have been deployed. We look at the engineering required to connect the Earth to the stars with a ribbon of light and strength.

The Climber Technology

Getting up the cable is as hard as building it. We look at the ‘Crawler’ platforms that use microwave energy from the ground to climb at 500km/h. It is a slow but steady train to the heavens.

“The elevator is the bridge to the solar system. It turns space travel into a commute.”

The Anchor Station

We look at the massive ‘Equatorial Platforms’—floating cities that serve as the base for the cable. These are the most secure and technologically advanced naval facilities ever built. Sovereignty on the high seas and in the high skies.