SpaceFlight Vol 65 No 06 June 2023. Purchase issue here. PDFs of individual articles below.

  • THE RIGHT STUFF: The space elevator’s tether could be built soon using lightweight, ultra-strong materials such as single crystal graphene, hexagonal boron nitride or carbon nanotubes. By Adrian Nixon, John Knapman and Dennis Wright. Diagrams courtesy ISEC/Adrian Nixon.

  • GALACTIC HARBOURS: A galactic harbour is a permanent transportation infrastructure including two space elevators that will enable a space economy. By Michael Fitzgerald. Images courtesy Lux Virtual & Galactic Harbour Inc.

  • COOPERATION & COMPETITION: A dual space access strategy leverages the best of both space elevators and rockets for a greener road to space. By Peter Swan.

  • MODERN DAY SPACE ELEVATORS: The eighth space elevator architecture, as a permanent space transportation system, has remarkable transformative capabilities. By Cathy Swan.

  • INCREDIBLE ENGINEERING: Japan’s construction giant, Obayashi Corporation, has a vision for a space elevator that draws on NASA’s earlier work. By Rob Coppinger.

Journal of the British Interplanetary Society
Volume 76 No.7 July 2023
Special Issue: Future Directions for Space Elevators
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