session 1

Title

Space Elevator System Infrastructures

type

oral

Description

The Space Elevator is a revolutionary means of access to space that has attracted attention from a variety of space agencies and corporations. It is currently conceived as a 104.000km ribbon of carbon nanotubes with one end attached to Earth. The Space Elevator will ferry satellites, spaceships, and pieces of space stations into space using electric lifts clamped to the ribbon. This session will review the concepts of infrastructure supporting the customers. Comparisons of proposed systems architectures will be made as well as comparisons of major components.

Date

2008-09-30

Time

15:00

Room

Dochart 2

IPC members

• Chairman: Dr. David Raitt, The Netherlands;

• Chairman: Dr. Peter Swan, Space Elevator Development Corporation, United States;

• Rapporteur: Prof. Lachlan Thompson, RMIT University, Australia, Australia;