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Going Up?(space elevator)(Brief Article)(Interview)
The idea of a "space elevator" to ferry people and cargo to Earth orbit and beyond, far more cheaply and safely than rockets, has been bandied about for decades. Bradley Edwards, research director of the Institute for Scientific Research in West Virginia, has come up with a design he thinks could work. He would hang a paper-thin, one-meter-wide ribbon from a geosynchronous satellite--one that always hovers over the same spot--anchor it to the ground and send the satellite to higher orbit as a counterweight. "Climber" vehicles could carry up a 12-tonne payload. He spoke with NEWSWEEK's Jonathan Adams:
What's to keep the whole thing from flying out into space or crashing down to Earth?
The upper half of the elevator gets thrown outward [by Earth's rotation], and the bottom end is pulled down by gravity. Even if you cut it at the ...
- Stairway to heaven ...(Science Briefs)(space elevator project)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Chemistry and Industry July 13, 2004 700+ words
...could be operating in as little as 15 years, according to Bradley Edwards, leader of the space elevator project at the Institute for Scientific Research in Fairmont, West Virginia. The elevator would consist of a cable made from carbon nano...
- On the up and up: ride the space elevator.
- Magazine article from: Odyssey David, Leonard April 1, 2004 700+ words
...the time for the space elevator is at hand." How does a space elevator work? One end of the...for the Institute for Scientific Research (ISR), based in Fairmont...rotational acceleration, a space elevator cable is pulled outward...
- Going up? Space elevator could slash launch costs. Proponents say system could...
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor October 2, 2003 700+ words
...the backbone of a space-elevator system if the right...has energized the space-elevator community involves...the Institute for Scientific Research in Fairmont, W...an international space-elevator conference at the...
- Space Elevator.
- Magazine article from: Popular Science Hoffman, Carl April 1, 2004 700+ words
...t yet found a reason why a space elevator can't be built. Last year...research at the Institute for Scientific Research in Fairmont, West Virginia...carrying up to 5 tons. [BOX:] SPACE ELEVATOR Most of a rocket's fuel is...
- UNITED IN VISION, DIVIDED BY FUNDING SPACE ELEVATOR PARTNERS GO THEIR OWN...
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Bishop, Todd March 18, 2003 700+ words
...needed to develop a space elevator. Laine oversaw the...the Institute for Scientific Research in West Virginia...technology for a space elevator. The non-profit institute has made the space elevator a high priority...
- LiftPort Group, the Space Elevator Companies, Unveils Its First Technical Road...
- Press release article from: Business Wire October 12, 2006 700+ words
SEATTLE -- LiftPort Group, the space elevator companies, today announced that it...technical road map to building the LiftPort Space Elevator, its revolutionary way for ferrying...research reports and studies on the space elevator. According to LiftPort, the new road...
- Leading Players in the Space Elevator Movement Join Together to Form New...
- Press release article from: Business Wire December 22, 2008 700+ words
...Worldwide Information Exchange on the Space Elevator RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif. -- A coalition of leaders in the Space Elevator movement today announced the formation of The International Space Elevator Consortium (ISEC), a new independent...
- LiftPort Group Unveils ''LiftPort -- The Space Elevator: Opening Space to...
- Press release article from: Business Wire May 24, 2006 700+ words
SEATTLE -- LiftPort Group, the space elevator companies, today announced the release of "LiftPort -- The Space Elevator: Opening Space to Everyone," a new book on the LiftPort Space Elevator, a revolutionary new way of sending cargo and...