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June 13th, 2017
Courtesy: ISEC
Space Elevator – A History is now available via the International Space Elevator Consortium (ISEC). This fascinating history was published in April 2017 and thanks to the editorship of David Raitt.
This book brings together for the first time the record of people, places, developments and activities — in fiction and in fact — of the space elevator – a 100,000 km long, meter wide, ribbon reaching up from the Earth and into space along which robotic climbers that will travel to bring payloads into orbit at a fraction of the price of rocket launches.
Climber makes it way up lengthy space elevator.
Credit: Frank Chase/Chase Design Studios
Doable plans
The chapters in the book cover the early pioneers who dreamed and schemed about the concept initially some 120 years ago; the work of modern day scientists and engineers who have developed the concept into doable plans; how the concept has been portrayed in novels, films and art; the conferences at which interested people could present and discuss their work and ideas; the global community that has grown up around space elevators and the competition challenges that have been held; and what the future may hold.
Resources
To download a free copy, go to:
http://www.isec.org/index.php/20-thank-you/118-space-elevator-a-history-pdf-download
If you would like to purchase a printed copy of the book, click Space Elevator – A History at:
http://www.lulu.com/shop/david-raitt/space-elevators-a-history/paperback/product-23125994.html
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Thanks Leonard, The history committee worked to make this book a good representative of the actual history of the space elevator development. David Raitt did a marvelous job as the editor and ensured that all the writers keep to a general schedule.
We offer to all those out there that have memories or their own historical aspects of space elevators: please contact ISEC [www.isec.org] and contribute towards Edition II. History is always continuous and we need to record it.
Pete