From July 23rd to July 25th, the University of Maryland Baltimore County is holding ‘MOSS2008‘ a Symposium on the Mechanics of Slender Structures.  I think a Space Elevator would qualify, in spades, as a ‘Slender Structure’ and, to that end, Ben Shelef of the Spaceward Foundation is giving the closing lecture; ‘The Story of the Space … Continue reading The Space Elevator as a “Slender Structure”