Fill in the Blanks verb + prepositionOnline version fill in the gaps by Katalin Karakó 1 If somebody told you they were building a lift to take people into space , you would probably at the idea . But in fact , if you to scientists and engineers talking about the plan , you soon realise they are being completely serious . The elevator would of a carbon fibre ribbon 100 , 000 km long . One end would be in the ocean at the equator and the other end would be in space . At the moment , it takes months or years to for a trip into space by rocket . Space agencies have begun for a better option - partly because they about the cost of space missions . The idea of a space elevator to governments because it would give passengers more time to to different conditions as they left the earth . It may not be easy though : countries might about the exact location of the elevator . But if the political leaders can with these problems and manage to take in the project together , it is certainly possible . Science fiction writer Arthur C . Clarke a novel the idea in 1979 . He said in speech that humans would build a space elevator ten years after they stopped laughing the idea . Well , they sopped laughing now .
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