an elevator that connects a planet 's surface with space

a physical connection from the surface of the Earth via an ocean- or land-based platform to a platform located in geostationary Earth orbit

a revolutionary concept of getting from Earth into space, a ribbon with one end attached to Earth on a floating platform located at the

a revolutionary means of transport from earth into space

a thin ribbon, with a cross-section area roughly half that of a pencil, extending from a ship-borne anchor to a counterweight way out in

a very nerdy idea that will never work out

A space elevator is a device that would carry people, cargo, and power from the Earth into space. The space elevator would be constructed by extending a long cable from the Earth's surface into space; the cable would be held up by a satellite in geostationary Earth orbit. Fat-moving electromagnetic elevator cars would travel along the cable from Earth into space and back.

also known as a space bridge, is a fixed structure from the Earth's surface into space for carrying payloads. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_elevator

A space elevator is a proposed structure designed to transport material from a planet's surface into space. Many different types of space elevators have been suggested. They all share the goal of replacing rocket propulsion with the traversal of a fixed structure via a mechanism not unlike an elevator in order to move material into or beyond orbit.