3. Conceptualizing Space Elevators and Tethered Satellites

Papers

1. How the Space Elevator Grew into a Galactic Harbour

2. Critical Technologies for Space Elevator’s GEO Nodes, Earth Port, Gates and Communications

3. Suggestions of Research Areas and Future Experiments - Status Report of IAA SG3.24

4. Verification of Space Elevator Technologies; Present Status and Future Plan in Japan

5. Development and Driving Experiment of Climber Mechanism for Heavy Load in Space Elevator

6. Design of reel-type tether deployment mechanism and analysis of tether deployment dynamics in the microsatellite STARS-E for verifying the basic technology of space elevator

7. An assessment of the technological feasibility of applying GEO-based solar pumped lasers for feeding the Space Elevator exoatmospheric climber

8. Space Elevator GEO Node, Apex Anchor, and Communications Architecture

9. Thermal Study for the STARS-E Climber's Mission

10. MEO Tethered Space Elevator System Architecture Feasibility Study

11. Conceptual Design and Technology Roadmap for a Lunar Space Elevator

12. APPLICATIONS OF A TETHER FIXED IN THE MOON TO MANEUVER SPACECRAFTS.

13. Dynamics Research of Initial Tether Deployment of Lunar Space Elevator

14. Regarding the Effect of a Climber's Motion on the Tethered Satellite System

15. Towing of Space Debris Using a Tether

16. Utilization of Space Elevator in Education and Outreach