{"id":1594,"date":"2013-12-14T22:54:48","date_gmt":"2013-12-15T03:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/?p=1594"},"modified":"2013-12-14T22:55:34","modified_gmt":"2013-12-15T03:55:34","slug":"iaa-concludes-space-elevators-seem-feasible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/?p=1594","title":{"rendered":"IAA concludes Space Elevators Seem Feasible"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/media\/tn_iaalogogif.gif\" class=\"alignleft\" height=\"93\" \/>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iaaweb.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">International Academy of Astronautics<\/a> has just published its multi-year study about the Space Elevator (I first mentioned this study <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/?p=1579\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>).\u00a0 It&#8217;s conclusion was &#8220;Space Elevators Seem Feasible&#8221; and that&#8217;s, of course, good news, to all of us who are supportive of the concept.\u00a0 From the Press Release:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cAcademy Concludes Space Elevators Seem Feasible\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The International Academy of Astronautics just approved this conclusion when it published the study report entitled: \u201cSpace Elevators: An Assessment of the Technological Feasibility and the Way Forward.\u201d\u00a0 The report addresses the simple and complex issues that have been identified through the development of space elevator concepts over the last decade.\u00a0 It begins with a summary of ideas in Edwards\u2019 and Westling\u2019s book \u201cThe Space Elevator\u201d (2003).\u00a0 Out of these beginnings has risen a worldwide cadre focused upon their areas of expertise as applied to space elevator development and operational infrastructure.\u00a0 The report answers some basic questions about the feasibility of a space elevator infrastructure.\u00a0 A preview of the main questions and answers shows the depth and breadth of this cosmic study.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Why a Space Elevator?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Can it be Done?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>How would all the elements fit together to create a system of systems?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>What are the technical feasibilities of each major space elevator element?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><a href=\"\/media\/IAAStudy_Cover.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/media\/tn_IAAStudy_Cover.png\" class=\"alignright\" height=\"200\"  width=\"125\" \/><\/a>This study benefited from review and comments by numerous members of the Academy, as well as the International Space Elevator Consortium.\u00a0 The study could not have been completed to this level of detail without the timely and invaluable efforts of a diverse collection of experts from around the world who contributed not only their time and knowledge, but also provided material as well as their technical expertise for the study.\u00a0 There were 41 authors and five editors.\u00a0 The sponsors of this study report are:\u00a0 International Academy of Astronautics and the Heinlein Foundation Trust.\u00a0 To order a copy visit:\u00a0 www.virginiaedition.com or call (713) 861-3600.\u00a0 The prices are $29.95 for hardcopy and $9.95 for electronic version.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"\/media\/IAAStudy_Cover.png\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/a><a href=\"\/media\/IAAStudy_Cover.png\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>As noted in the press release, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.virginiaedition.com\/sciencedeck\/spaceelevators.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">The Virginia Edition<\/a> to purchase the hardcopy version or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Space-Elevators-Peter-Swan-ebook\/dp\/B00H4L6Q6K\/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1387078584&amp;sr=8-1-fkmr0&amp;keywords=space+elevators+iaa\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a> to purchase the Kindle eVersion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Academy of Astronautics has just published its multi-year study about the Space Elevator (I first mentioned this study here).\u00a0 It&#8217;s conclusion was &#8220;Space Elevators Seem Feasible&#8221; and that&#8217;s, of course, good news, to all of us who are supportive of the concept.\u00a0 From the Press Release: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cAcademy Concludes Space Elevators Seem Feasible\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-isec","category-news-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1594\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}