We think it's realistic, we're looking to license the patent to Google or Alphabet, SpaceX, Elon Musk, maybe the European Space Agency, and we think that in three to five years a 1.5 kilometer prototype model - full-scale model - could be accomplished.

Ian Tomaszewski

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There's a lot of opportunities for the structure, tourism is one. You'd have a great sight of the earth at 20 kilometers up, you'd see about 1,000 kilometers in any direction. Communications. So right now geostationary satellites, once they're up there you can't really service them. If we had facilities on the tower it would have that same 1,000 kilometer range and you'd be able to service them.

Ian Tomaszewski

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