Have you ever thought about the elevator that can carry you to the edge of space.
According to the scientist at York University in Toronto, a huge inflatable tower can take you to the edge of space without any rocket, cable-based elevator.
If it could be built from a stable mountain it could reach an altitude of approximate 20 KM, from where it could be used for different purposes like tourism, telecoms etc. They are assembling the structure from different modules that are constructed from Kevelar-polyethylene composite tubes and made them rigid by inflating with a gas like helium because helium is very lightweight.