The British Interplanetary Society is the historic organization supporting space concepts and thoughts. It’s magazine is SpaceFlight and leads the space community in reach and future program analysis and support. Galactic Harbour Associates recently had two of its board members present articles that helped explain the “Modern Day Space Elevator in 2023.” The five papers that cover the current look at space elevators are:
GALACTIC HARBOURS: A galactic harbour is a permanent transportation infrastructure including two space elevators that will enable a space economy. By Michael Fitzgerald. Images courtesy Lux Virtual & Galactic Harbour Inc. (Read More)
COOPERATION & COMPETITION: A dual space access strategy leverages the best of both space elevators and rockets for a greener road to space. By Peter Swan. (Read More)
MODERN DAY SPACE ELEVATORS: The eighth space elevator architecture, as a permanent space transportation system, has remarkable transformative capabilities. By Cathy Swan. (Read More)
THE RIGHT STUFF: The space elevator’s tether could be built soon using lightweight, ultra-strong materials such as single crystal graphene, hexagonal boron nitride or carbon nanotubes. By Adrian Nixon, John Knapman and Dennis Wright. Diagrams courtesy ISEC/Adrian Nixon. (Read More)
INCREDIBLE ENGINEERING: Japan’s construction giant, Obayashi Corporation, has a vision for a space elevator that draws on NASA’s earlier work. By Rob Coppinger.(Read More)
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