2010 Space Elevator Conference

August 13-15 | Microsoft Conference Center | Redmond, Washington, USA
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The Space Engineering and Science Institute (SESI)

presents

 

The 2010 Space Elevator Conference

 

Explore the frontiers of space exploration this summer with a three-day conference on the Space Elevator in Redmond, Washington at the Microsoft Conference Center.

 

Friday, August 13 through Sunday, August 15, 2010

 

The NASA Centennial Challenge - Strong Tether Competition was recorded Friday, August 13. 

 

The Space Elevator is a radical new way to access space less expensively than possible with chemical rocket technology. The technology offers solutions to many of the problems facing communities today, including but not limited to the need for clean, renewable energy.  The Space Elevator uses a carbon nanotube ribbon that stretches from the surface of the earth to a counterweight in space. Climbers ascend the ribbon lifting cargo and passengers to earth orbits and launching spacecraft to distant planets.

 

The conference, focusing on all aspects of Space Elevator development, will engage an international audience of scientists, engineers, educators, managers, entrepreneurs, enthusiasts, and students. The focus of this year's conference is space debris mitigation, but will also feature topical discussions in all of the Four Pillars of Space Elevator Development: Science/Technical, Political/Social, Legal, and Economic. In addition, we anticipate technical and speculative presentations on the topics mentioned below. We invite you to present a paper on a topic of your interest and to comment on the Red Team Study. 

 

Conference included:

Public Presentations

  • A Public Space Elevator Presentation - 7pm-8pm  August 12, 2010 at the Microsoft Conference Center (Rainier room, no registration required)
  • Space Elevator 101 Sessions Saturday, August 14, 2010 - attend one of two 2.5 hour sessions (morning or afternoon, separate from the three-day technical program) where you can learn more about the space elevator (Baker room)

 

3-Day Technical Program

  • Space Elevator (SE) Overview Presentation - the popular conceptual design
  • Space Debris Mitigation Keynote by Jerome Pearson
  • Q&A Session with Yuri Artsutanov and Jerome Pearson - the originators of the modern-day concept of a 'tensile' structure as the foundation for a realistic space elevator
  • Presentation of the Artsutanov and Pearson prizes to acknowledge and reward innovative thinking related to the space elevator
  • The NASA Centennial Challenges  Strong Tether Competition - A NASA challenge in materials engineering in which the tether provided by each team is subjected to a pull test to win a $2 million prize (watch the video)
  • Carbon Nanotube (CNT) Research – presentation on the progress of high strength CNT research
  • SE Impact on the Future - transformations enabled by the SE, including exploration, using space resources to solve problems here on Earth, solar power platforms, extra-terran bases, and colonization
  • Roadmap Workshop - focusing on the four pillars of development, get engaged!
  • Shotgun Science Session - science ideas not ready for prime time: rapid sequence, 5 min

  

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