FROM the 2050s, it is largely hoped that humans will travel to space, in a similar way to how they travel abroad. It won’t be cheap, but you’ll understand why when you see the kind of style these high ...

A company that someday hopes to build the first space elevator says it is testing a system that could take it to a lower-altitude goal along the way: balloon-based wireless data services. The LiftPort ...

One of the wackiest proposals engineers have tabled is the 22,000mile-long elevator. See how that would work in the video below. FROM the 2050s, it is largely hoped that humans will travel to space, ...