At the www.space.com website, Leonard David has written a fine article about the Space Elevator and the recent IAA Study concerning Space Elevators. It’s well worth the read.
And, check out all the illustrations from Frank Chase. Frank has been the artist for ISEC for several years now; he has designed most of our posters, the covers for CLIMB and for the ISEC reports and has contributed his artwork in other ways too. He’s a very talented guy 🙂
Anyway, check it out…
For the month of February only, ISEC has launched a Membership drive which features reduced rates for Professional and Student Level members! This applies to renewals and new members. Professional level membership can be purchased/renewed for only $58 (normally $68) while Student level membership can be purchased/renewed for only $20 (normally $25).
Full membership benefits (CLIMB and the ISEC 2014 Poster) apply, so don’t delay. Visit the ISEC Join/Renew webpage now and take advantage of this offer!
The International Space Elevator Consortium (ISEC) has issued its official Call for Papers for Volume 3 of CLIMB, the Space Elevator Journal.
Volumes 1 and 2 of CLIMB were published in 2011 and 2013, respectively, and ISEC is targeting August of this year for the publication of Volume 3.
You can find the official Call for Papers document here, giving details as to the subject matter desired and the submission / publication process and schedule here.
Abstracts are required first and should be accepted before Papers are submitted (details are in the Call for papers announcement). For the most up-to-date information, please visit the CLIMB page on the ISEC website.
Questions can be emailed to climb [at] isec.org.
Volume 1 of CLIMB was the “Yuri Artsutanov” edition while Volume 2 of CLIMB was the “Jerome Pearson edition”. Volume 3 will be dedicated to the man who almost certainly popularized this concept more than anyone else, Sir Arthur C. Clarke.
So come on everyone, let’s get those writer juices flowing!
(Clicking on either of the CLIMB Cover thumbnails will display a full-size version of the Cover)