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Building the first space elevator would require considerable resources, possibly necessitating hundreds or thousands of launches to transport materials into orbit. The first successful elevator could, however, streamline the process for subsequent models, allowing for exponential growth in space infrastructure.
Imagining further possibilities, the use of a counterweight cable could facilitate launching probes toward deep space, potentially reaching celestial bodies like Jupiter. The discussions surrounding space elevators have been gaining traction in recent years; yet, without breakthroughs in material science providing a lightweight, super-strong tether, these visions may remain mere ideas for now.