Centauri Dreams – Imagining and Planning Interstellar Exploration
Really Rocket Science
Today marks nine full years that I’ve been hosting and authoring the Space Elevator Blog and I’m going to call it quits, at least for the time being. I have several other projects on my plate and I’m not getting any younger…
Being a part of the effort to promote the idea of a space elevator over the past nine years has been fun and interesting and full of highlights with my being a part of the Space Elevator Games topping the list. This competition was held over several years and in several venues and was a joy to participate in. Spending several days at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center (now known as the Armstrong Flight Research Center) with NASA personnel and all the contestants for the 2009 Space Elevator Games was b
What is the status of an earth-based space elevator? In the most important area, tether strength, we’re still where we were nine years ago. No one has produced a tether from new materials that matches, let alone exceeds, tethers made from conventional materials and until that happens, an earth-based space elevator remains a pipe-dream. But research continues, and perhaps someday material like this will become a reality. If and when it does, then perhaps I’ll restart this blog. I still love the idea of
Centauri Dreams – Imagining and Planning Interstellar Exploration
Really Rocket Science