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dracodraconisBBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Getting into space by broomstick
Age-Raymond Riise demonstrated a potentially cheaper approach to getting things into space using a space elevator using nothing more than a broomstick and some brushes. The approach, which you can see on a video at the link, involves three brushes, bristles pointed down, arranged around the base of the broom stick. vibrating the broomstick causes the brushes to climb to the broomstick because it takes slightly less force for the brushes to go up than down. Of course, you still need a space elevator.....