Inside Google's Secret Lab
Space Elevators
The concept, which is common in science fiction movies, is one of the ambitious project of Google. The idea is simple, a long cable anchored at both ends. One to the ground and other to outer space. You can transport materials from earth to the outer orbits or just attach an elevator car, hit the button, and you could climb easily into the sky. The concept seems to be just an “idea”, but there are confident predictions from various parts of the world like the Irish Times predicted last year that space elevator may well replace the rockets within next 50 years. Also according to reports, Japan aims to build a space elevator by 2050.
"Google is collecting the world's data, so now it could be collecting the solar system's data," said Rodney Brooks, a professor at MIT's computer science and artificial intelligence lab and founder of Heartland Robotics.
