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21st Century Space Elevators An Advanced Earth-Space Infrastructure NASA Workshop Report on Technology Plans Concepts Materials Environmental and Safety Issues - Ring-bound Author: World Spaceflight News This is a reproduction of an important report from a NASA workshop on space elevators. Compiled by D.V. Smitherman, Jr. of the Marshall Space Flight Center, “Space Elevators: An Advanced Earth-Space Infrastructure for the New Millennium” is based on the findings from the Advanced Space Infrastructure Workshop on Geostationary Orbiting Tether “Sp...  more »ace Elevator” Concepts. A space elevator is a physical connection from the surface of the Earth to a geostationary Earth orbit (GEO) above the Earth 35,786 km in altitude. Its center of mass is at the geostationary point such that it has a 24-hr orbit and stays over the same point above the equator as the Earth rotates on its axis. The vision is that a space elevator would be utilized as a transportation and utility system for moving people, payloads, power, and gases between the surface of the Earth and space. It makes the physical connection from Earth to space in the same way a bridge connects two cities across a body of water. The Earth to GEO space elevator is not feasible today, but could be an important concept for the future development of space in the latter part of the 21st century. It has the potential to provide mass transportation to space in the same way highways, railroads, power lines, and pipelines provide mass transportation across the Earth's surface. The low energy requirements for moving payloads up and down the elevator could make it possible to achieve cost to orbit  « less Post This Book Login | Register ISBN-13: 9781422001134 ISBN-10: 142200113X Publication Date: 10/2/2005 Pages: 160 Rating: Currently 0/5 Stars.   ? 0 stars, based on 0 rating Publisher: Progressive Management Book Type: Ring-bound Members Wishing: 1 Reviews: Amazon | Write a Review

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