ISEC will lead the Space Elevator session at the National Space Society ‘ISDC2024’ conference.

Location : ‘Laguna Room’, Sheraton Gateway LAX.

“Space Settlements Enabled by Transformational Permanent Infrastructures”  

These presentations will focus upon the transformational access to space when permanent infrastructures are operational in the late 2030s. 

Modern-Day Space Elevators are moving into their second phase of development and will enable the rise of new, exciting, and revolutionary endeavors at GEO, Cislunar, and beyond.  A newly expanded concept will change the equation for developments beyond Earth. 

This revolutionary approach has three components:

  1)  efficient delivery of supplies to the GEO and Apex Anchors for assembly into larger space systems [70% of liftoff mass to GEO and beyond],
2)  release towards the Moon [14 hrs] and Mars [as little as 61 days] with very high velocities [7.76 km/sec],
3) “on time delivery” of logistics to destinations with the ability to release each day towards Mars [no 26 month wait for the next window] or beyond. 

Attend the session to hear and engage with some of the world’s experts on Space Elevator technologies.

All ISDC2024 conference attendees may attend, register here.

PROVISIONAL SCHEDULE

(All times are PM, as planned May 4th 2024)

2:00 - 2:10 Opening Session Remarks : Peter Swan

2:10 - 2:30 Modern-Day Space Elevators, Transformational Permanent Infrastructures : Peter Swan

2:30 – 2:40 Dual Space Access Strategy : Jerry Eddy

2:40 – 2:55 Planetary Defense : Paul Phister

2:55 – 3:00 Space Elevator Visualizer 1 : Aidan Hurley-Kalici

3:00 – 3:15 “Space Policy Mission: Green Orbit” by the Columbia University Space Elevator Academic Challenge prize winners : Selin Mordeniz & Elliot Heath with mentors Adam Dawood, Anastasia Shmeleva and Isabel Tenney

3:15 – 3:20 Introduction to on-going research items : Dennis Wright

3:20 – 3:40 Strong Materials for the Space Elevator: Status and Behavior at the Climber-Tether Interface : Dennid Wright

3:40 – 4:00 Delivering Power to the Space Elevator Climber : Larry Bartoszek

4:00 – 4:10 Cyclic Transportation System : Paul Phister

4:10 – 4:20 A State-of-the-Art Simulator for the Space Elevator : Dennis Wright

4:20 – 4:30 Apex Anchor Full Service Transportation Node : Phister/Swan

4:30 – 4:40 Reassessing the requirements for a relevant space elevator : Steven Griggs

4:50 – 5:00 Space Train: A Novel Solution to the Space Elevator Technology - Ned Popovich

5:00 – 6:00 Panel “Vision to Reality : Making NSS Goals Happen”

5:00 – 5:05 Challenge the Community : Panel Lead … Jason Arnold, Ed.D.

5:05 – 5:20 Explanation of NSS Goals 2024 : David Dressler

5:20 – 5:30 Space Elevator Capabilities : Peter Swan, Ph.D.

5:30 – 5:55 Q&A from Audience : Dennis Wright, Ph.D.

5:55 – 6:00 Closer : Jason Arnold, Ed.D.