1978,克拉克创作出了包揽星云,雨果两大科幻文学奖项,而其中最闪亮的主角就是太空梯。“如果空间的物体能够保持与地面的相对静止,那么为什么不能从这个物体上方下一条缆索,用它把宇宙连结起来。”—阿瑟·C·克拉克,1978
如今,日本最伟大的科学家们正在致力于一项最伟大的科幻愿景:太空梯。
Now the finest scientific minds of Japan are devoting themselves to cracking the greatest sci-fi vision of all: the space elevator.
日本太空梯协会会长大野修一(音译)表示:“就像出国旅行一样,将来任何人都可以乘电梯去太空旅行。”
"Just like travelling abroad, anyone will be able to ride the elevator into space," Shuichi Ono, chairman of the Japan space elevator Association, said.
他表示,太空梯电缆强度必须是当前最结实的碳纳米管材质纤维强度的4倍,或是钢筋强度的180倍左右。
He said that the cable would need to be about four times stronger than what is currently the strongest carbon nanotube fibre, or about 180 times stronger than steel.
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