Space Elevator still in process...

[dwndrgn]

http://www.newscientistspace.com/article/dn10161

I can't help it but when I read about a robot climbing a tether, I'm imagining a Voltron lookalike with people clinging to it's back as it hand-over-hand climbs the rope...

 

[Paige Turner]

Saw this on Daily Planet. What a cool idea. That's a trip I would take.