A project for making orbit elevators that can participate in equity from one dollar (about 80 yen)

Connecting the moon and the earth "Orbit elevator(Space elevator) "to make projectsLiftPort GroupIn the United StatesCloud FundingSupport site "Kickstarter"We are recruiting investment.

Below is the LiftPort Group'sMichael LainePresident. At first glance it does not look like a person engaged in space science, but according to himself he said that he has already led the project of orbital elevator for 11 years already. Initially, we are conducting experiments with organizations affiliated with NASA, and after that they are continuing their activities as a private enterprise.


Also, once it appeared in the special feature article of "Newsweek", but the project was closed in 2007, this time, it is going to collect funds with Kickstarter by reappearance revival.


Current project members are as follows.


Balloon used for experiment.


The balloon is connected to the anchor on the ground with a yellow belt.


I looked up from the bottom.


A machine climbing the belt connecting the ground and the balloon looks something like this.



Actual operation is as follows.


A movie that shoots how the machine moves over the belt toward the balloon floating in the sky above 1,000 feet (about 305 meters) can be seen below.

Space elevator 1000 foot climb test - YouTube


Illustrations at completion are as follows.


So, how to make "elevator that reaches to the moon" which is the purpose of the project? The CG movie that explained that it is as follows.

Lunar Space Elevator Infrastructure - YouTube


It is like a transport ship launched into space.


Departure.


It seems to be headed for the moon.


Going to a certain distance ... ....


Anchor and belt come out from inside.


The belt grew steadily ... ....


I will proceed.


The tip arrives at the moon.


Firmly fixed.


There is a relay base on the earth side like this.


I will send out an elevator from there ... ....


It seems that people and goods can be delivered more efficiently to the moon than now. The elevator heading for the month is said to be able to be realized with 3 million dollars (about 240 million yen) of funds and 8 years.


So, the funds gathered from this open recruitment will be used to produce a machine that can climb up to the test platform set up above 2 kilometers as an experiment to start a far-reaching plan like the one above . In addition, you can participate in this project from 1 dollar (about 80 yen), you can receive e-mail magazine according to the investment and get the broken pieces of the belt used for the elevator. Also, if we invested more than $ 7,500 (about 600,000 yen), robots assembled will be sent and the deadline for deadline will be 6:07 pm Thursday, September 13 th (Thursday) in Japan time I will.