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Taking the Space Elevator from Science Fiction to Engineering [electronic resource].

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Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy. Office of Science, 2005.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
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Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, United States. Department of Energy. Office of Science, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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Summary
Dr. Bradley Edwards and Eric Westling have published what has to be the cheapest way to build a space elevator in their book 'The Space Elevator - a revolutionary Earth-to-Space Transportation System'. The only thing missing at the moment is a Carbon Nanotube fabric strong enough to satisfy the strength requirements of the elevator. There are many reasons why this fabric will become available within the next few years, and the initial cost estimate of the elevator puts it within the ability of a corporation to build. This talk will cover the Edwards and Westling elevator design and construction scenario, and some conceptual design work by Bartoszek Engineering on the first construction climber. Once the CNT fabric becomes available, there are many other engineering, economic and regulatory hurdles to cross before the elevator becomes the cheapest way to transport cargo into space.
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E 1.99:1017040
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Published through SciTech Connect.
11/02/2005.
Fermilab Colloquia, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batvia, Illinois (United States), presented on November 02, 2005.
Bartoszek, Larry.
Funding Information
AC02-07CH11359
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