session 2

Title: Space Elevators and Tethers
Description: This session will cover the concepts being refined for space elevators or space tethers in various orbital locations.
Date: 2009-10-13
Time: 10:00
Room: Technical Session #18

IPC members

Chairman: Dr. David Raitt, The Netherlands;
Chairman: Dr. Peter Swan, Teaching Science and Technology, Inc (TSTI), United States;
Rapporteur: Mr. Robert E Penny, Cholla Space Systems, United States;

papers
Order	Paper title	Mode	Speaker	Affiliation	Country
2	Dynamics and Stability of Space Elevator during Initial Deployment	20'	Prof. Tetsuo Yasaka	QPS Institute	Japan
3	Space Elevator Debris Mitigation Policy	20'	Mr. Robert E Penny	Cholla Space Systems	United States
4	LEO-based space-elevator development using available materials and technologies	20'	Dr. Andrew Meulenberg	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Malaysia
5	analysis of possible changes in spacecraft design due to the usage of a space elevator for transportation	20'	Mr. Andreas Hein	Technische Universität München	Germany
6	analysis of space based nuclear waste disposal with the space elevator	20'	Mr. Andreas Hein	Technische Universität München	Germany
8	Creation of the International Space Elevator Consortium	20'	Dr. Peter Swan	SouthWest Analytic Network	United States
9	Independent dynamics and stability of twin tethered objects	20'	Prof. Radu Rugescu	Politechnic University of Bucharest	Romania
10	Japanese Space Train concept	20'	Mr. Akira Tsuchida	Earth-Track Corporation	Japan