I know you’re kidding, but they’re actually thinking along those lines.
This Japanese company is building a space elevator
http://www.aol.com/article/2015/07/24/this-japanese-company-is-building-a-space-elevator/21213829/
Gotta plant the rainbow flag there... dontcha know?
Well, I know all about space elevators, but I don’t even have to read that article to know they aren’t actually building one.
At the moment, building one is physically impossible, because there are several major engineering problems that haven’t been overcome. At best, they are probably trying to find solutions to those problems so that they can maybe one day build a space elevator.