In other crazy ways of getting things to space, I wasn't involved in this, but worked with the people who were:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_elevator
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After the development of carbon nanotubes in the 1990s, engineer David Smitherman of NASA/Marshall's Advanced Projects Office realized that the high strength of these materials might make the concept of a space elevator feasible, and put together a workshop at the Marshall Space Flight Center, inviting many scientists and engineers to discuss concepts and compile plans for an elevator to turn the concept into a reality.
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I was working for McDonnell Douglas as a contractor to MSFC at the time...