February 2019
The Space Elevator – an alternative path to space?
... Harbour,” Acta Astronautica, vol. 152, p. 123–126, 2018. 22 J. Pearson and E. Levin, “Lunar Space Elevator Design in Lunar Space Elevators for Cislunar Space Development,” Star Inc., 2005. 23 M. Lades, “Mars Lift Update,” in IAC18, Proceedings, 2018...
April 2025
Space Elevators - a role in planetary defence?
... with commercial businesses and warehouses supplying developments at geostationary orbit (GEO) and the end of the elevator’s tether. Figure 3: Space Elevator apex anchor. Once the climbers are stocked at an Earth Port, the supply mission will ensure...
26 September 2018
A mini space elevator is being tested near the ISS
... somewhere, and that is exactly what the researchers at Shizuoka University have gone and done. "In theory, a space elevator is highly plausible. Space travel may become something popular in the future," said Yoji Ishikawa, who leads the research...
February 2022
An interplanetary transportation system
..., stretching up in a conical shape to include two Space Elevator tethers, and extending outwards beyond the Apex Anchor as shown... were released from the approaching space train. The cargo is moved from space elevators to space train by taxis and the ...
27 November 2015
Space Elevator Could be Made out of Diamonds
.... The material's unique characteristics (incredibly light yet strong) may make it an ideal material for a space elevator. The concept of a space elevator was first proposed in 1895 by Russian scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, who claimed to have been...
March 2016
Saving Earth from an Expanding Sun
... ours to implement but with other disadvantages. For our purposes, it will set things in perspective. Let’s imagine a space elevator that is electrically conducting - cutting through Earth’s magnetic field which will tug on Earth - and maybe pull...
