• DocumentCode
    1127941
  • Title

    A hoist to the heavens [space elevators]

  • Author

    Edwards, Bradley Carl

  • Author_Institution
    Carbon Designs Inc., Dallas, TX, USA
  • Volume
    42
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    2005
  • Firstpage
    36
  • Lastpage
    41
  • Abstract
    This paper discusses the possibility of using space elevators as an alternative to rocket boosters for space exploration. With the advent of carbon nanotube composites, the space elevator concept has fast been gaining mainstream acceptance. With a space elevator providing cheap, easy, low-risk access to space, people´s lives on Earth could be immeasurably enhanced as the wealth of the solar system is brought to their door.
  • Keywords
    aerospace propulsion; carbon nanotubes; composite materials; space vehicles; cable material; cable oscillations; carbon-nanotube composites; chemical rockets; elevator cables; floating platforms; ribbon cable design; solar system; space elevator; Elevators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Spectrum, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9235
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSPEC.2005.1491225
  • Filename
    1491225
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1127941