Over the past century, what was once science fiction has quickly become reality. Things like the space shuttle, supercomputers, and robots are moving out of Hollywood and into the real world. The most recent projection is the space elevator project. It is a 62,000 mile long cable car leading to the stars. This project, which was previously thought impossible and absurd, is now on the road to success. This recent success can be attributed to both new technological developments and the fact that project barriers are being broken down. First and foremost, when you decide to build something of this size, in the most extreme environment possible, you need to select your main building materials very carefully. . In the case of the space elevator, it's not just wear and tear, but the immense pull of Earth's gravity relative to the centrifugal force of Earth's rotation. These forces oppose the construction and maintenance of the elevator. The only material imagined to survive this intense game of tuga-war is a carbon nanotube cable. These nanotubes were chosen to support the cable structure because they can withstand supernatural tensions and stresses. In concept, the massive cable will be stretched from an orbital platform to an offshore maritime platform, creating the all-important track that would guide the "elevator cars" up and down. When it comes to building the "elevator car", or climbing mechanism, many ideas have been thrown around at NASA over the past 5 years. Additionally, Space Forward challenged the world by asking private organizations to build their own mechanism and promised the winning team $4 million for this work. As a result, the Space Elevator challenge began and the...... middle of paper ...... into space - making space travel a much closer reality for my generation. Despite the fact that we seem to have all the tools and technical plans to make a space elevator a reality, unfortunately, at present, humanity does not have the manpower or funds to undertake a such project. With a price tag of over $40 billion, it would have to become not just a collaboration of world powers, but a global effort led by every space program on the planet. The planet should work together on the space elevator so that it can be used as a tool for the benefit of all humanity like the International Space Station. Without unanimous support for the space elevator project, it will remain a "non-advanced" project and we will continue to allow our atmosphere to hinder our space exploration and hinder our expansion into new areas "where no man hasn't been before ».”.