As the article mentioned, this would be tremendously, monumentally expensive. And that had better be one hell of a big elevator car, because for 30 people to take 7½ days to reach the space terminal will require quite a bit of food and drink, holding tanks for waste, sleeping facilities, accessible storage area for clothing and personal needs, plus cargo area (if you're going to take a week to get there and a week to get back, I'd imagine you'd want to stay a day or two.)
It would be impressive to see, but by 2050, if I'm still alive (I'd turn 94 that year,) I probably won't give a great big shit anymore.