Astronauts may not survive radiation blast through future space elevators
14th Nov 2006, 10:42 GMT
Washington, Nov 14: Researchers have revealed that space elevators will face deadly doses of radiation in the Van Allen belts around Earth, making the dream of travelling into space by elevator-type carriers even more unlikely.
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