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Sources

• Express Lift to the Stars: CNN International -- September 18, 2006
  http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/09/18/space.elevator/
• The Space Elevator: NIAC Phase II Final Report
  http://www.liftport.com/files/521Edwards.pdf
• LiftPort Group
  http://www.liftport.com/
• Institute for Scientific Research
  http://www.isr.us/SEHome.asp
• Elevator 2010 Competition
  http://www.elevator2010.org/site/competition.html
• Highlift Systems
  http://www.americanantigravity.com/highlift.html
• A Hoist to the Heavens, IEEE Spectrum
  http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/WEBONLY/publicfeature/aug05/0805spac.html