Space Elevator: Difference between revisions

== Literature ==

* [[Arthur C. Clarke]]

** This extends to his other works, including in ''Firstborn'' {{spoiler|which were destroyed (cut off) when the Spacers retaliated against Earth dropping a nuke on Mars, with surprisingly low (or even zero) casualty, since the cable fell and burned, while the station was floating around in orbit.}}

** The final sequel to ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]'' (''3001: The Final Odyssey'') features not one, not two, but ''four'' space elevators (one each in Africa, South America, Indonesia, and the Pacific) connected by a ring. {{spoiler|Built of Jupiter's diamond core that got blown to bits when the planet became a tiny star in ''2010''.}}

* Charles Sheffield's novel ''The Web Between the Worlds'' was published almost simultaneously with Clarke's, and bears some close similarities, including a near miss with the name of the protagonist. However in a foreword to Sheffield's novel, Clarke discounts any suggestion of plagiarism, pointing out merely that the space elevator was an idea whose time had come.

* Mentioned in [[Robert Heinlein]]'s ''Friday'' (the title character complains about how riding one nauseates her).

* Kim Stanley Robinson's ''[[Red Mars Trilogy|Red Mars]]'' features a space elevator on Mars {{spoiler|and the effect of bringing one down}}. And by ''Green Mars'' there are several on Earth.

* ''[[Old Man's War]]'' by [[John Scalzi]] has a space elevator. Its center of mass is too low to be physically reasonable; this is used as an indication that the Colonial Union, who built it, is hiding technology up its sleeve.

== Web Original ==

* In ''[[The Pentagon War]]'', the bigger asteroids in the Human-Centauri star system have space elevators to ferry cargo and passengers from the space stations to the surface. They can get away with it because the surface gravity of these asteroids is only 0.5%-1% of Earth's, so the elevator cables won't snap under their own weight.

 

== Western Animation ==

* ''[[Centurions]]'' has one, but it's set up more as a train, rather sensibly, as the ride is looong.

* ''[[Generator Rex]]'' has one leading to an orbital research station.

 

== Real Life ==

 

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[[Category:Futuristic Tech Index]]

[[Category:Tropes in Space]]

[[Category:Elevator Tropes]]

[[Category:Speculative Fiction Tropes]]