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
Larry Bartoszek
Owner, Bartoszek Engineering
Larry Bartoszek has a dual degree 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, ASM International, the Chicago Society for Space Studies, the National Space Society, and the International Space Elevator Consortium. He is also a Space Ambassador for the NSS. Larry worked at the Fermi Read More
Dennis Wright
Vice President, International Space Elevator Consortium
Dennis Wright is Vice President of the International Space Elevator Consortium. He is retired from the Stanford Linear Accelerator. His background is in high energy and nuclear physics and he continues to do simulations in that field. He also works on the materials and dynamics of the space elevator and has published several papers on the subject in Acta Astronautica and the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society. Read More
