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An architect reveals his ambition to build a “space elevator” capable of carrying humans into space. Not only is it ambitious, this idea seems crazy to most people.
This space elevator, called Ascensio, consists of a long cable that connects an asteroid trapped in a geosynchronous orbit to a floating platform on Earth. The structural design of this building is the idea of Jordan William Hughes who lives in Barrow, Alaska.
Quoted from The sunthe architect claims that his project, which would connect Earth to orbiting satellites, will form the basic infrastructure for future journeys to the stars.
Jordan recently received an injection of £8,600 (approximately Rp. 170.3 million) as a gift from the Jacques Rougerie Foundation. He intends to use the money as capital to develop his ambitious plans to build Ascensio.
How the space elevator works
According to Jordan, the way this elevator works is by using a drone that will transport passengers up and down on cables like a train on rails. This elevator transports people and goods into and out of the Earth’s atmosphere.
This elevator has a total capacity of six passengers per trip, with three to accommodate people and hold oxygen, and the other three to store cargo. Once arriving at the space station located 36,000 km above the Earth, passengers will be able to expand their experience in space.
“You’ve been in space ever since and you can go wherever you want. It will be an incredible, once-in-a-lifetime experience,” Jordan said.
The outline of the architectural design includes a swimming pool, zero-gravity walkways and views of the Earth below. “This is not a project based only on graphics,” she said.
“I love creating really beautiful images and interesting spaces, that’s what I do, but the competition is more about research and development, trying to create a holistic design that really works,” he says.
One of the coolest things about the Jordan Space Elevator Design Package is its affordable price. For comparison, currently, launching a Falcon 9 rocket 460 km from the International Space Station costs £53 million (about Rp1,049 trillion).
“Rockets currently cost millions of dollars per pound to carry something into space. Space elevators, in the long term, should be able to reduce those costs to a few dollars per pound,” he believes.
While there are still a number of technical hurdles to overcome, including the need for new materials, Jordan is excited that his plans may one day come to fruition. “In terms of humanity’s vision of the future, I think it’s realistic. I think it’s necessary,” he said.
“I really hope that we get to see some of the amazing space architecture that we see in science fiction. But for that to become a reality, we need a different way of doing things. That’s the whole driving force,” he concluded.
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2024-01-21 04:07:45
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