... the border between fiction and reality. Wow, I remember reading about space elevators in different science fiction novels, most notably for me the Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson.
Here's a link to a page describing Microsoft's role in sponsoring the annual Space Elevator conference:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/f...eElevator.mspx
I never realized the idea had been around since at least 1895! That was definitely an imaginative, forward-thinking guy. Any other sci-fi fans interested in this? Any of keep up with this more closely?