THE VIRTUAL BEANSTALK PROJECT 
   Polyamide fibers such as Spectra, (TM), make it possible to walk into a marine supply store and purchase a double-braided rope which is light enough and strong enough to tether a large hydrogen balloon array above the troposphere.
   Manned solar-electric elevators could climb that tether to a habitation cylinder and platform floating 20 km high in a mere 50 millibars of air pressure.
   Above 95% of earth's air, that affordable near-space station would be the world's premier tourist destination.
   Uses for a near-space beanstalk:
   The beanstalk can only be located near the equator where there are no strong jetstream winds to blow against the tether and drag it down.
   It is possible for amateurs to design, develop and sell this concept over the internet.

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