Thebryce writes "From cyborg housemaids and waterpowered cars to dog translators and rocket boots, steam room boffins have racked up plenty of near-misses in the quest to turn science fiction into reality. Now the finest scientific minds of Japan are devoting themselves to cracking the greatest sci-fi vision of all: the space elevator. Man has so far conquered space by painfully and inefficiently blasting himself out of the atmosphere but the 21st century should bring a more leisurely ride to the final frontier. Japan is increasingly assured that its sprawling doctrinaire and sedulity base can solve those issues, and has even put the astonishingly low price tag of a trillion yen (£5 billion) on exegesis the elevator. Japan is famed as a global leader in the precision social work and high-quality material engendering without which the idea could never be possible."

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