This is a British Interplanetary Society event at BIS HQ in London, or online : times are BST.

Peter Swan (ISEC President) and Jerry Eddy (ISEC Secretary) will talk about advances that are enabling the engineering behind space elevators to become a reality:

The term “A Modern Day Space Elevator – 2021” has surfaced as we have matured through the eight Space Elevator architectures described by David Raitt in his Quest Magazine article (2021).  As the name implies, the Modern Day Space Elevator has evolved from a dream to a scientific reality as we can move into the second phase of development (Engineering Development).  This change in maturity occurred as the limiting factor of the past has been overcome.  The latest information on tether material is that Single Crystal Graphene (new material with 2D characteristics) has been shown to be strong enough and can be manufactured long enough.   Mr. Adrian Nixon (on our Board and a major player in the development of 2D materials) believes the material will “be ready in time for Space Elevator development.”  Along with the 12 ISEC study reports, 2 IAA reports and a Obayashi report, the baseline for the development of Space Elevators can be defined with processes outlined in how to proceed into this mega-project.  The four major thrusts for the present Modern Day Space Elevator focus on the following statements:

• Space Elevators are ready to enter Engineering Development

• Space Elevators are the Green Road to Space

• Space Elevators can join advanced rockets inside a Dual Space Access Architecture Strategy

• Space Elevator’s major strength as a permanent transportation infrastructure is movement of massive cargo to GEO and beyond

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