rootbrowseIAC-05D4session 22. Space Elevator System and its EnvironmentPapers1. WHY - The Motivation for a Space Elevator2. Private Investment and Space Elevator Development Activities3. The Space Elevator and Planetary Defense4. Critical Technologies for the Development of Future Space Elevator Systems5. Releasing Earth Space Elevator Climbers into Geostationary Orbit7. Novel Payload Dynamics on Space Elevator Systems