In light of the loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia, United States’ space transportation policy is being closely examined, and the National Space Society stands prepared to assist policymakers in that ...

LiftPort Group, the space elevator companies, today announced its support for NASA’s new blueprint for the space exploration program. “We’re pleased to see the renewed national commitment to the ...

A spectacular design for a space elevator, with the goal of efficiently transporting passengers into outer space, has been awarded a $11,000 prize. As the BBC reports, British architect Jordan William ...

Honestly, it's really more of a stratosphere elevator than a "space" elevator, but a new space elevator concept from Canadian company Thoth Technology(Opens in a new window) has some in the space ...

While much of the first day of the Space Elevator Conference was dedicated to the problem of space trash, the concept also faces another significant challenge. “We have one big problem — everything ...

What if one day we have an elevator that would not only take us to the upper floors of a building? What if it can take us to the far reaches of the solar system? This may sound like another wild, ...

Bloomberg today launched a Bloomberg Originals which “offers bold takes for curious minds on today’s biggest topics.” One of the latest videos, still branded as Bloomberg Quicktake, is an updated on ...

My last column was about private enterprise progressing toward a goal that is literally out of this world — space travel for the general public. In it, I discussed the more conventionally understood ...

For decades, the staggering cost of escaping Earth's gravity has limited our reach into space. Sending just one kilogram into orbit can run tens of thousands of dollars. Costs climb even higher for ...

Gravity can be a grueling taskmaster. Anyone who’s walked up a dozen flights of stairs knows this. Getting into space is that much harder. It takes hundreds of thousands of pounds of thrust and over ...