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Inflatable tower could climb to the edge of space 
New Scientist | Mon, Jun 8
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He calculates the tower could be extended up to low Earth orbit at 200 kilometres. The tower does a similar job to the much-vaunted space elevator. But while the elevator envisages using ribbons woven from superstrong nanotubes - a material that is as ...
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