April 2025
Space Elevators - a role in planetary defence?
...idea at least three times during the 1970s. Apex anchor concept The apex anchor lies at the top of the elevator cable and provides a gravitational anchor for the system. The apex anchor is expected to be busy with commercial businesses and warehouses...
February 2022
An interplanetary transportation system
.... The Space Train would be assembled at the Apex Anchor Construction Center. Pre-fabricated compartments would be transported ...comes into and out of the Apex Anchor Train Station. The Earth and Mars Apex Anchor Train Centers would also act ...
February 2019
The Space Elevator – an alternative path to space?
...element itself. The long outer end can be shortened by adding a counterweight, an apex-anchor. A second anchor on the ground, the Earth-anchor, also ground- or base-anchor, keeps the elevator from lifting off and flying away, just as a rotating sling...
