I just found this October, 2004 blog article from Downtown Doll at fashiontribes.com, wondering if a Space Elevator will make rockets “as redundant as 8-tracks.”  As a previous owner of lots and lots of 8-tracks, I certainly hope so…

Update – and, fashiontribes.com has just published another article about the space elevator.  And, once again, Brian Dunbar from LiftPort has beaten me there.  The man is amazing…