Modern-Day Space Elevators: You Dream it — We Deliver
Modern-Day Space Elevators address the huge challenges being embraced by the NSS – moving off planet and saving our planet. The success of operating a complex of Modern-Day Space Elevators will transform humanity’s relationship with space with eco-friendly, cost-effective and efficient logistics delivery to GEO and beyond. New opportunities will surface for space exploration, resource utilization and satellite assembly beyond the gravity well. Can you imagine, in the near future – 2036 – delivery of 30,000 tons every year to GEO, CISLunar and Mars? And of course, the commercial exploitation of efficient delivery will grow to approximately 170,000 tons / year by the mid 40’s (humanity has only put up about 22,000 tons between 1957 and 2022). Indeed, this remarkable capability will grow over time and become known as the Green Road to Space as it uses electricity to raise its payloads and does not leave debris behind. Humanity is standing on the cusp of a new era, with tethers from mid-ocean to Apex Anchors (100,000 km altitude) enabling the dreams of many, including the principle one of the National Space Society – off planet settlements. These ribbons from ocean to space offer the promise of making space accessible to all, fostering global cooperation, positioning humanity to address Earth’s challenges, inspiring a sustainable future for our planet, and living off-planet.
Space Elevators
Session Co-Chair Info
Dennis Wright
Vice President, International Space Elevator Consortium
Dennis Wright first became interested in space elevators after attending a talk at ISDC 2013. A physicist retired from the Elementary Particle Physics Department of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Laboratory, Dennis now does research on the dynamics, electrodynamics and radiation environment of space elevators. He is currently President of the International Space Elevator Consortium (ISEC), where he promotes the advancement of space elevators, including expansion of the knowledge base, education Read More
Larry Bartoszek
Owner, Bartoszek Engineering
Larry Bartoszek started working on the Space Elevator as a hobby in 2004, developing conceptual designs for climbers. Larry has dual B.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Physics from the University of Illinois and is an Illinois Licensed Professional Engineer. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Welding Society, the National Space Society, and is Vice President of the International Space Elevator Consortium. He Read More