Japan is planning to build a 96,000 km cable from Earth to space. And it isn’t science fiction — it’s a construction project with a company, a material, and a 2050 deadline.
Obayashi Corporation built Tokyo Skytree — Japan’s tallest structure at 634 metres. Now they’re working on something that makes a skyscraper look like a garden fence. Their space elevator plan involves a carbon nanotube cable stretching from a floating platform in the equatorial Pacific all the way to geostationary orbit at 36,000 km — and then out to a counterweight at 96,000 km. The whole thing held taut by gravity and centrifugal force.
What’s in this video:
Why single-use rockets are about to become obsolete
The engineering behind the 400-metre floating Earth Port
Why Carbon Nanotubes are the only material that can survive the tension
How the initial “seed cable” is dropped from orbit and caught at sea
How 510 robotic climbers will thicken the cable over 18 years
The assembly of a permanent geostationary station 36,000 km in the sky
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⚠️ IMPORTANT: ABOUT THIS VIDEO
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This is an educational documentary analyzing the engineering and construction of public infrastructure, based entirely on open-source information. All visuals and animations are 100% synthetic, AI-generated conceptual representations. No real footage of the construction sites or personnel was used. This video is purely informational and intended for educational purposes only.
Music Credits:
Music: Monolith by Soundridemusic
Link to Video: https://youtu.be/pwGXEnBkhrc?si=nH5kbfLmyaFETJHB
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Track Name. Life Goes Mercury
9 Comments
$10 per kilogram to orbit compared to $2,700 for a rocket launch is the most insane stat in this whole video. If they actually pull this off, it changes human history forever. Absolutely mind-blowing concept
What is powering the climber? If it's wireless power transmission or solar, how do they combat the massive efficiency drop-offs over those extreme distances?
only japan can make every thing possibe
A 96,000 km space elevator by 2050?! 🤯 That feels so close yet so far away. Do you guys actually think Obayashi Corporation can pull this off in our lifetime, or will the deadline get pushed back? 🚀🌍
Pure scifi
Continue to dream🤔
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Эту технологию создал Реки Кавахара в своей книге "Ускоренный мир"
This is the way to progress.
Not the warzones for greed of power/money/pride…..///
We could disarm all nations, unite for the comon goals and focus on hightechs…….
Make human sustainable……for contents………