So what are the hurdles that keep us from building a space elevtor? And why does it seem that the space elevator is always 25 years away? Ira Flatow is joined by Dr. Dennis Wright, President of the International Space Elevator Consortium to talk about the feasibility of this megaproject.
Click below to listen to this 18-minute presentation from August 21. A transcript will be available in a couple of weeks. The program went out on 497 public radio stations across the U.S.