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    Title

    Space Elevators and Advanced Concept

    type

    oral

    Description

    This session will cover the concepts being refined for space elevators or space tethers in various orbital locations. In addition, a comparison of technology maturity levels for components will be assessed. The question on the table is… “What can be accomplished in the near future?”

    Date

    2008-10-02

    Time

    15:00

    Room

    Gala 1

    IPC members
    • Chairman: Mr. Robert E Penny, Cholla Space Systems, United States;

    • Chairman: Dr. Bruce Chesley, Teaching Science and Technology, Inc (TSTI), United States;

    • Rapporteur: Mr. Roger X. Lenard, LPS, United States;

    papers

    Order

    Time

    Paper title

    Mode

    Presentation status

    Speaker

    Affiliation

    Country

    1

    Mid-Earth Orbit Momentum Transfer Tether for Reduced Space Access Costs

    presentation

    Mr. Roger X. Lenard

    LPS

    United States

    2

    Dynamics of a Partial Elevator with Multiple Climbers

    presentation

    Ms. Pamela Woo

    McGill University

    Canada

    3

    Tethers as sustainable space transportation: implications from the YES2 tethered SpaceMail development and flight results

    presentation

    Dr. Michiel Kruijff

    SERCO/ESA

    The Netherlands

    4

    Soft Landing Dynamics Study with Extension to Elevator Anchoring

    presentation

    Prof. Radu Rugescu

    Politechnic University of Bucharest

    Romania

    5

    Improving Stability of the Space Cable

    presentation

    Dr. John Knapman

    United Kingdom

    6

    The Partial Space Beanstalk: Its Application to Space Migration and Commerce

    presentation

    Dr. Gregory L. Matloff

    New York City College of Technology

    United States

    7

    Feasibility Study on Pseudo Anti-Gravity Flying Saucer with Ground Momentum Beam

    presentation

    Prof. Chun-Taek Rim

    Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

    Korea, Republic of

    8

    Feasibility Study on Pseudo Anti-Gravity Spaceship with Momentum Network

    presentation

    Prof. Chun-Taek Rim

    Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

    Korea, Republic of

    9

    Space Blast Pipe - an Innovative Space Transportation Concept -

    presentation

    Mr. Dominik Quantius

    Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)

    Germany

    10

    SEARCH FOR EXTRA TERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENCE- ANALYSIS BY TELEPORTATION

    presentation

    Mr. Devadoss Prabhakaran

    St. Joseph's College Of Engineering,India

    India