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New Space Elevator Interview Released with Michael Laine of Liftport

月亮和国米媒体发布三个部分view with Michael Laine, President of the Liftport Group who are now focusing on a moon elevator. The interview dates back to the 2012 National Space Society International Space Development Conference which was held in Washington.

Video: Lunar Space Elevator Infrastructure Overview

This animation created for theLiftport Groupprovides an overview of the infrastructure needed for a lunar space elevator.

New Book - Space Elevators: An Assessment of the Technological Feasibility and the Way Forward

Recently released is a new book titled "Space Elevators: An Assessment of the Technological Feasibility and the Way Forward". The book is the result of a study conducted under the auspices of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) with 41 contributors. The major conclusion from the four-year study was that the concept of space elevators seems feasible.

TEDx Talk: An Elevator to Space

Is aSpace Elevatorpure fantasy or just a technological leap from reality? Markus Landgraf, a mission analyst at the European Space Agency (ESA), explains how to get to space via elevator.

2012 Space Elevator Conference Proceedings Available

The proceedings for last year's Space Elevator Conference are available at theInternational Space Elevator Consortium (ISEC) Store. If you attended the Conference, this CD will be mailed to you. For those of you who may have missed the conference, the purchase price for the CD is $20.

Concept: Dirigible Space Elevator

A Dirigible Space Elevator, a unique combination of aerospace design and geodesic geometry, has many monetary, efficiency and energy saving uses. The geodesic exo-structure allows any airship the ability to fly upwards at speeds exceeding 150 mph. The reduced costs to get to space will improve everything with respect to technological R & D associated with space.

ISEC Releases Space Elevator Concept of Operations Report

TheInternational Space Elevator Consortiumhas a released a 46 page report titledSpace Elevator Concept of Operations. The report describes and discusses a plausible Operations scenario for a Space Elevator and also addresses initial commercial operations of a space elevator pair with robotic climbers.

2013 Space Elevator Conference Set for August in Seattle

The annualSpace Elevator Conferencewill once again be held in Seattle and for the second year in a row at the Museum of Flight in Seattle. The theme of the 2013 conference is Tether Climbers.

The Economist Lunatic Space Elevator - Going to the Moon?

The current issue of the Economist has a story on the Space Elevator:A lunatic idea? Building a lift to the moon's surface might make routine visits feasible.

Annual Space Elevator Conference Set for August 25-27

TheInternational Space Elevator Consortium(ISEC) is once again holding itsannual conferencein Seattle and for the first time it will be held at the Museum of Flight. The 3-day conference opens on August 25th and has a theme of Operating and Maintaining a Space Elevator.

Conference events to include:

Obayashi and the Space Elevator - A Story of Hype

When the news broke a couple of days ago on theYomiuri Onlineweb site that the Obayashi Corporation would be building a Space Elevator by 2050 I was skeptical. Why? Well let's examine theoriginal article. If you use Google's Chrome web browser you have the option of having the article translated. I did that. As well a little history of the company helped.

Obayashi is a huge global construction company and like other Japanese construction companies it projects its business plan with a very long term view. So every now and then they put forward some visionary construction project. It won't get built anytime soon, if ever, but maybe, just maybe someday it will. Unfortunately that's not the case here.

First Issue of the Space Elevator Journal Released

Ted Semon is reportingthat the first issue of the Space Elevator Journal is available. It consists of eight peer-reviewed papers. The Journal will be sent out to all past and present members of theInternational Space Elevator Consortium (ISEC). It's not available just yet on the ISEC web site but will be soon.

Google X and the Space Elevator

From the New York Times comes a story on Google's X lab where top secret Google projects of the future are being researched. These are blue sky ideas that might some day pan out. One of the ideas being bandied about? The Space Elevator.