Japanese Company Wants to Build Space Elevator
"A 30-passenger car would travel along the cable, possibly using magnetic linear motors as a means of propulsion... Passengers would disembark at the station, which would house living quarters and laboratory space, along with a solar-power generation facility capable of transmitting power to the ground." More at Space.com.
![Space elevator obayashi japan company.jpg?ixlib=rails 2.1](https://splicetoday.imgix.net/uploads/posts/photos/11844/space-elevator-obayashi-japan-company.jpg?ixlib=rails-2.1.4&auto=format&dpr=2&fit=clamp&w=400&s=58a1b228b644589af7deafd650400640)