by CNNGo staff
Going up -- next stop, zero-gravity. How would you like to spend a week in an elevator?
No, this isn’t David Blaine’s latest stunt to survive seven days of Muzak, it’s a plan by one Japanese company to put space onto every traveler’s bucket list.
The 36,000-kilometer high, 200-kph lift will be ready by 2050, according to Obayashi Corporation, and will take passengers a tenth of the way to the moon.
For travelers, it could mean bragging rights over those who opt for alternative space tourism ventures such as Virgin Galactic and Space Expedition Curacao, both of which offer sub-orbital flights up to 100 kilometers, well short of Obayashi Corp’s 36,000-kilometer high.
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