{"id":2865,"date":"2013-06-17T17:45:14","date_gmt":"2013-06-17T17:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2865"},"modified":"2013-06-17T17:45:14","modified_gmt":"2013-06-17T17:45:14","slug":"sci-tech-kone-ultrarope-makes-sky-scraping-skyscrapers-feasible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2865","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Tech: KONE UltraRope makes sky-scraping skyscrapers feasible"},"content":{"rendered":"

KONE Elevators<\/a> of Finland has developed a super-strong, lightweight carbon fiber based cables that allow for much higher skyscrapers and are the first step towards fibers capable of space elevators: Lifts and skyscrapers: The other mile-high club: A new lightweight lift cable will let buildings soar ever upward – The Economist<\/a>.<\/p>\n

See also KONE UltraRope – The benchmark in high-rise technology and innovation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KONE Elevators of Finland has developed a super-strong, lightweight carbon fiber based cables that allow for much higher skyscrapers and are the first step towards fibers capable of space elevators: Lifts and skyscrapers: The other mile-high club: A new lightweight lift cable will let buildings soar ever upward – The Economist. See also KONE UltraRope … Continue reading Sci-Tech: KONE UltraRope makes sky-scraping skyscrapers feasible<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-Kd","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3394,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3394","url_meta":{"origin":2865,"position":0},"title":"Video: TEDx talk on space elevators","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 13, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Markus Landgraf, a mission analyst with the European Space Agency, gave a TEDxRheinMain talk earlier this year about space elevators: : A Tedx Talk about the Space Elevator - The Space Elevator Blog In the video he switches from German to English at 2:09. http:\/\/youtu.be\/f8CpnKBnPC0","rel":"","context":"In "Science and Technology"","block_context":{"text":"Science and Technology","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=9"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/f8CpnKBnPC0\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6650,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6650","url_meta":{"origin":2865,"position":1},"title":"Books: “The Case for Space Solar Power” + “Space Elevators: An Assessment”","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 26, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Former NASA manager and long time proponent of space based solar power,\u00a0John C. 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