Space Tethers and Space Elevators

2009-06-12 Technology & Engineering

Author : Michel van Pelt
Release : 2009-06-12
Genre : Technology & Engineering
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Download or read book Space Tethers and Space Elevators written by Michel van Pelt. This book was released on 2009-06-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michel van Pelt explains for the first time the principle of space tethers: what they are and how they can be used in space. He introduces non-technical space enthusiasts to the various possibilities and feasibility of space tethers including the technological challenges and potential benefits. He illustrates how, because of their inherent simplicity, space tethers have the potential to make space travel much cheaper, while ongoing advances in tether material technology may make even seemingly far-fetched ideas a reality in the not too distant future.

The Space Elevator

2002 Science

Author : Bradley C. Edwards
Release : 2002
Genre : Science
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Download or read book The Space Elevator written by Bradley C. Edwards. This book was released on 2002. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors take the reader through the history of the concept, technical design and economic practicalities of building an elevator to space, and, ultimately, the implications of what such a low cost transportation system would mean to society. Based on three years of NASA-funded studies and written for the technically literate layperson, Edwards and Westling discuss the recent technological advances that now make the space elevator feasible. They conclude by addressing the effects that the space elevator could have on mankind's future from communications and energy to colonizing space.

Rescue Mode

2014-05-16 Fiction

Author : Ben Bova
Release : 2014-05-16
Genre : Fiction
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Download or read book Rescue Mode written by Ben Bova. This book was released on 2014-05-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gritty and scientifically accurate science fiction adventure from New York Times best-selling author Ben Bova and NASA space scientist Les Johnson. The first human mission to Mars meets with near-disaster when a meteoroid strikes the spacecraft, almost destroying it. The ship is too far from Earth to simply turn around and return home. The eight-person crew must ride their crippled ship to Mars while they desperately struggle to survive. On Earth, powerful political forces that oppose human spaceflight try to use the accident as proof that sending humans into space is too dangerous to continue. The whole human space flight program hangs in the balance. And if the astronauts can’t nurse their ship to Mars and back, the voyagers will become either the first Martian colonists—or the first humans to perish on another planet. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). About Mars, Inc.: "The Hugo winner returns to his most popular subject: the quest for Mars."—Publishers Weekly About the award winning novels of Ben Bova: “Technically accurate and absorbing . . .”—Kirkus “[Bova is] the science fiction author who will have the greatest effect on the world.”—Ray Bradbury “A masterful storyteller”—Vector “Gives a good read while turning your eyes to what might be in the not so distant future, just like Clarke and Asimov used to do so well.”—SFX

Dynamics of Space Tether Systems

1993 Technology & Engineering

Author : Vladimir Vasilʹevich Belet︠s︡kiĭ
Release : 1993
Genre : Technology & Engineering
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Download or read book Dynamics of Space Tether Systems written by Vladimir Vasilʹevich Belet︠s︡kiĭ. This book was released on 1993. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Space Elevators

2006-03-01 Technology & Engineering

Author : NASA
Release : 2006-03-01
Genre : Technology & Engineering
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Download or read book Space Elevators written by NASA. This book was released on 2006-03-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is a space elevator? 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

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