“A Space Elevator to replace the shuttle”
March 1st, 2011
It’s very nice to see the International Space Elevator Consortium (ISEC) get a mention in a non-English publication.
In the online article, “Un ascenseur spatial pour remplacer la navette” (A space elevator to replace the shuttle), we read that, according to ISEC, “…each kilogram into orbit returns to a few tens of dollars, against 20 000 for a launch with an Ariane rocket or Titan. This is the google translation of the original French. I’m not sure where the author got that information from - we haven’t made that promise, but perhaps there was an error in the translation.
Also, no mention of Yuri Artsutanov or Jerome Pearson, the real intellectual fathers of the Space Elevator.
But these are minor quibbles - in general the article seemed to be well-written and did mention the upcoming Space Elevator Conference.
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4 Comments Add your own
1. Vasu | March 1st, 2011 at 11:52 pm
Its very gr8
2. Telescopes India | March 7th, 2011 at 3:18 am
I do not have good knowledge about astronomy as well as space technology but ya i want know about NASA and other shuttle.
3. dmal | March 8th, 2011 at 8:45 am
Does it imply that NASA won’t have another generation shuttle?
4. Ted Semon | March 8th, 2011 at 8:29 pm
I think it’s pretty clear that they won’t, and, with the cost overruns, trip ‘underruns’ and all the problems they’ve had with this program, I think that’s fine…
What’s NOT fine is that the lack of planning by Congress has now allowed us to be in the position of hoping the Russians will continue to sell us space on their rockets so that we can get stuff to the ISS. IMHO, it should have never come to that…
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