Canadian company Thoth Technology Inc. took out patents in England and the United States for the production of a space Elevator to launch gliders and ships into orbit. This tells The Guardian.
The height of the space Elevator, dubbed ThothX Tower, expected to be 20 km At the top of the tower, according to the intention of the designers, will be the launch, landing and refueling reusable spacecraft.
To deliver the ships on the top of Elevator engineers offer the use of electricity, part of which can be obtained from wind energy due to the difference of pressures at the base and the top ThothX Tower.
Some components of the system, according to the intentions of the designers, may be inflatable. Taking into account the opinion of researchers, the creation of a higher tower is currently technologically impossible task.
Professionals report that the design will save up to 30 percent of fuel for missiles on the vertical section of their line of motion - from the top of the space Elevator gliders and ships will start at once in landscape mode.
In addition, the company Thoth Technology Inc. offers in case of successful implementation of self-concept to organize guided tours to the top ThothX Tower.
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