Elon Musk Has Killed The Dream Of A Space Elevator

There’s still a way to resurrect it if we’re willing to wait

Remember the skyborne city of Zalem from the movie “Battle Angel Alita”? It’s actually the bottom of a space elevator (Fandom.com)

One of the most well-known tropes of science fiction is the space elevator (the Wiki lists scores of sci-fi, manga, and anime stories that use space elevators as a plot device). At first glance, the reason is obvious: relatively cheap transfer of mass from Earth’s gravity well…