#space elevator

[70sscifiart]

L: Attila Héjja, 1984. R: Tony Roberts, 1981

[microsff]

The space elevator project was funded by the world's billionaires, who were offered exclusive luxury tickets on the first ride up into space.

After the launch, the project announced a second funding round, to start looking into the feasibility and advisability of installing a "down" button.

[siryl]

"Lift 77" by Jörg Kahlhöfer.

[muellermeier2]

Hight

A fake comic panel for my worldbuilding project. Our protagonist deer is standing in front of one of the tethers stretching all the way into space. Interesting challenge drawing a change in perspective within one panel, but I like the result.  Also I have run out of finished art for buffering the upload, so there maybe won’t be an upload next week. We’ll see.

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[kirexxovo]

Sep.24.22

[alphamecha-mkii]

Infinite Fleet - Tether Station Space Elevator on terraformed Mars Concept Art

[kameel-sm]

Metropolis.

Originally completed on 17th June 2021.

My interpretation: High above a colony planet in the distant future orbits the infrastructure and habitats of progress. A space elevator rises up through a space station and is counterbalanced by a maglev track that circles the planet like its own ring. Various space stations and crafts sit alongside it, acting as stops for the train service in this grand metropolis.