Space Elevators
“The Space Elevator is closer than you think,” proclaims ISEC. This revolutionary low-cost space access transportation system will enable businesses to flourish on-orbit. Satellites will be built and serviced, research will be conducted, solar power will be generated, interplanetary journeys will be launched; from enterprises supported by Space Elevators.
Track Chair:
Dr. Peter A. Swan
President, International Space Elevator Consortium
Dr. Peter A. Swan is President of the International Space Elevator Consortium, with 50 years of space systems experience. Over the last ten years he has published many books on the topic as author, co-author, and/or co-editor. His expertise was leveraged as a full member of IAA as he edited four major study reports on space elevators and space mineral resources. His experiences include: AF (20 yrs), IRIDIUM (10 yrs), TSTI (10 yrs), and now ASU. Space Elevator Architecture and Roadmaps [2014], Space Elevators Systems Architecture [2005], and Road to Space Elevator Era [2019 soon].
Presentation: Space Elevators are Closer Than You Think
Track Chair:
Dr. Peter A. Swan
President, International Space Elevator Consortium
Dr. Peter A. Swan is President of the International Space Elevator Consortium, with 50 years of space systems experience. Over the last ten years he has published many books on the topic as author, co-author, and/or co-editor. His expertise was leveraged as a full member of IAA as he edited four major study reports on space elevators and space mineral resources. His experiences include: AF (20 yrs), IRIDIUM (10 yrs), TSTI (10 yrs), and now ASU. Space Elevator Architecture and Roadmaps [2014], Space Elevators Systems Architecture [2005], and Road to Space Elevator Era [2019 soon].
Presentation: Space Elevators are Closer Than You Think
Speakers
Jerome Pearson
Star Technology and Research
Jerome Pearson is President of STAR, Inc., a small business in South Carolina that has developed aircraft and spacecraft designs for NASA and DOD. After working space vehicle dynamics at NASA, he developed and ran an Air Force test facility for the National AeroSpace Plane. He is internationally known for inventing Earth and Moon space elevators, Earth climate control, explaining negative SETI results, and the EDDE propellantless spacecraft. Author of over 100 publications and invited articles for Encyclopaedia Britannica and New Scientist, he is Associate Fellow of AIAA, Fellow of BIS, and Member of the International Academy of Astronautics.
Presentation: Space Elevators, Apollo, and Back to the Moon
Jerome Pearson
Star Technology and Research
Jerome Pearson is President of STAR, Inc., a small business in South Carolina that has developed aircraft and spacecraft designs for NASA and DOD. After working space vehicle dynamics at NASA, he developed and ran an Air Force test facility for the National AeroSpace Plane. He is internationally known for inventing Earth and Moon space elevators, Earth climate control, explaining negative SETI results, and the EDDE propellantless spacecraft. Author of over 100 publications and invited articles for Encyclopaedia Britannica and New Scientist, he is Associate Fellow of AIAA, Fellow of BIS, and Member of the International Academy of Astronautics.