Talking about the Panama Canal always makes me think of Space Elevators...
Talking about the Panama Canal always makes me think of Space Elevators...
Gee thanks Elon, another Science Fiction dream (Space Elevators) you're shitting on with your carelessness.
Is it because a cable would be direct competition with your shitty rockets?
@cbarbermd I'm a big fan of Space Elevators and what they could do for us as!
Attached: 1 image A new post! Today in my #CosmicStories #ScienceandSF blog, I'm looking at another technology for space utilisation in science and SF: space elevators. Featuring Clarke, Sheffield, Robinson, Thunderbirds are Go, Star Trek, Niven, Pratchett, Baxter and others. Comments are always welcome! https://warwick.ac.uk/cosmicstories/space_elevators/
The May-2023 International Space Elevator Consortium (ISEC) newsletter is out...
- An article on Space Solar Power, ending on how it needs to be supported by SEs.
- A recent presentation to the Space Education Summit.
- Registration is opening soon for our 2023 in-person conference, Aug 12/13. Join us in the Aon building, Chicago, for discussions, workshops & sessions on the state of #SpaceElevators, materials & where we are headed. More info coming soon at https://www.isec.org/events/isec2023 and here on Mastodon.
- @Adriannxion discusses how tensile strength responds to temperature : will the tether maintain its strength in the extremes of space ?
- Details of the SE session at the #ISDC2023 conference in Frisco (Texas) on May 25 + news that ISEC is sponsoring an evening reception.
- A Call for Educators for the SpacEdge Academy, volunteer needed !
- A new section, "Around The Web" : links to some interesting material recently posted.
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The International Space Elevator Conference is BACK in person ! Theme : “ Permanent Space Access Transportation Infrastructure” The conference is being held at the Aon building in downtown Chicago. Join us to listen to the top voices in the Space Elevator community. Some topics include t
#ScientificAmerican 📆 November 25, 2022 Stephen Cohen has been working on #SpaceElevators 🚠 for almost 20 years. He believes they will exist soon— in two or three decades. To build it, we need a #material whose specific strength 💪 is about 50 times higher than #steel https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/space-elevators-are-less-sci-fi-than-you-think
#Bloomberg - #SpaceElevators Are Getting Closer to Reality?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lldv_u4R6BU&ab_channel=BloombergQuicktake%3AOriginals
#SpaceElevator #OrbitalTower #ArthurCClarke #ArthurClarke #LEO #LowEarthOrbit #Satellite #Satellites #TheFountainsOfParadise #FountainsOfParadise #Nanotubes #CarbonNanotubes #Graphene
“Space elevators will become a reality fifty years after we stop laughing.”
Arthur C. Clarke
#Quotes #Creativity #Graphene #SpaceElevators #Technology #MaterialsScience