Space Elevators: Baseline Documents

Barry, Kevin and Eduardo Pineda Alfaro, “ Changing the Economic Paradigm for Building a Space Elevator,” IAC-21, 72nd International Astronautical Congress, Dubai, UAE, October 2021

Edwards, Bradley and Eric Westling, Space Elevator: A Revolutionary Earth-to-Space Transportation System, BC Edwards publishing, 2002. 

Edwards, B. and Laine, M. (2003), “The Space Elevator”. Available at: http://web.archive.org/web/20210126113030/http://www.mill-creek-systems.com/HighLift/contents.html

Ishikawa, Yoji, The Space Elevator Construction Concept, Obayashi Corporation, 2013, IAC-13-D4.3.6. [The paper is not available online but Obayashi has a fancy visual web page on the subject (keep scrolling)]

Raitt, David, Space Elevators: A History, ISEC Report 2017. 

Swan, P., Raitt, Swan, Penny, Knapman. International Academy of Astronautics Study Report, Space Elevators: An Assessment of the Technological Feasibility and the Way Forward, Virginia Edition Publishing Company, Science Deck (2013) ISBN-13: 978-2917761311 

Swan, P., David Raitt, Space Elevator – 15 Year Update, Journal of British Interplanetary Society, Vol 69, No 06/07, Dec 2016. 

Swan, P., David Raitt, John Knapman, Akira Tsuchida, Michael Fitzgerald, Yoji Ishikawa, Road to the Space Elevator Era, Virginia Edition Publishing Company, Science Deck (2019) ISBN-19: 978-0-9913370-3-3 

Swan, Peter, Michael Fitzgerald, “Today's Space Elevator,” ISEC Study Report, lulu.com, 2019. 

Swan, Peter, Michael Fitzgerald, Cathy Swan, "Today's Space Elevator Assured Survivability Approach for Space Debris," ISEC Study Report, lulu.com, 2020