how far do you think we are, you quote, arthur c. clarkking about it will occur, this space elevator 10 years after everyone quits laughing. as he said back in 2003 they quit laughing. how far away is the space elevator? smile take, lou, i take take great optimism you're not laughing. we're on to a serious subject here. the technology is here. recall when jack kennedy challenged us in 1961 to go to the moon. america's total flight time was 15 minutes. eight years, three months later we were on the moon. we could do the same thing now and transform space technology. lou: right. >> hey, there is limitless energy, 200 miles up. once you get this in place, you can people energy back down along the cable itself. limitless energy for a starving world. lou: everything william fortune is talking about is something that nasa is conceptualizing and working on helping at least at the insipient point to develop. william fortune, the book is "pillar to the sky." recommend to each and everyone of you, available online at bookstores everywhere. great to

space elevator concept that seemed like a joke but it's looking more like a reality and yet arthur c. clarke in two thousand and three ten years after people start stop laughing oh i'm so glad that we have this laughing at the idea of. this in space isn't that many of these great so good. so this thing would be tethered at sixty thousand miles hundred thousand kilometer long tether yeah that's anchored on earth and shoot straight up into space there's a new report that says that this is very well beyond just a concept be done all we need is cooperation from countries we need more investment and research into nano to begin micro fibers and and this could very well be possible in the next we could be like george clooney and gravity and see the earth from the star trek people keep calling me will we know who this is. and really have about a minute let's talk about asteroids is that what i look at that i'm like ok as long as there's not a giant object hurdling through crushing the elevator. unlike all the things that could happen and which brings me to asteroids hitting the earth talk about what