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Aesop's Elevator

Story Stats

Rating: 5
Grade Level: 5, 6, 7, 8
Page count: 19
Categories: Science Fiction

Author

William
Alexander

Appeared in

Starstuff: Ten Science Fiction Stories to Celebrate New Possibilities

Story Summary

Can an elevator the size of a small town, slowly climbing a thirty-five thousand kilometer cable to Mars, deliver more cargo, faster that a fleet of rocket ships? Addy's mom, the engineer and designer thinks it can and is willing to bet on it.