Next floor–space!©whatatravisty
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Space fanatics have an alternative to travel via Virgin Galactic, but there’s a bit of a wait. Japan’s Obayashi Corporation recently proposed a space elevator with a target completion date of 2050.
The week-long journey on the elevator will take would-be travelers to a terminal station 36,000 kilometers above the Earth.
The station will house laboratories and living space, presumably enough for people to stretch their legs and gawp at the blackness, before hopping back inside for the week-long return leg.
More details on the construction of the “space-vator” can be seen at CNNGo.com