| Nov 10: Space Elevator System |
| Morning session 9:00 \u2013 12:30 |
| Introduction 9:00 \u2013 10:00 |
Welcome address, overview and purpose of workshop (Dr. David Raitt, ESA)
Yesterday\u2019s Tomorrows and the Space Elevator zeitgeist speech by
Randy Liebermann, Space Historian |
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| Space Elevator System 10:00 \u2013 10:30 |
| A fresh look at the state-of the-art concept (Dr. Brad Edwards,
EuroSpaceward Asbl) |
| Coffee break 10:30 \u2013 11:00 |
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| NASA beam power and tether challenge 11:00 \u2013 12:30 |
The Spaceward Games (Ben Shelef, Spaceward Foundation)
Teams of the 2007 Space Elevator Games (Dr. Bryan Laubscher, Industrial Nano
LLC) |
| Lunch 12:30 \u2013 14:00 |
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| Afternoon session 14:00 \u2013 18:00 |
| Climber structure 14:00 \u2013 14:30 |
| Competition climbers: design issues (Dr. Brad Edwards, EuroSpaceward Asbl) |
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| Power and drive systems 14.30 \u2013 16:00 |
Technologies of the 2007 Games (Dr. Bryan Laubscher, Industrial Nano LLC)
Power beaming with Diode Laser (Dr. Georg Treusch, DILAS Diode Laser Inc.)
A hybrid winding solution to the SE power problem (Benoit Michel, Université Catholique de Louvain) |
| Coffee break 16:00 \u2013 16:.30 |
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| Climber workshop 16.30 \u2013 18: 00 |
Team Recens (José Casas, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya)
Team Tesla (Joachim Sturm, Technische Universität München)
From the ground up! Team USST (Clayton Ruszkowski; University of Saskatchewan) |
| End of workshop day-1: 18:00 |
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| Nov 11: CNT and Tether Design |
| Morning session 9:00 \u2013 12:30 |
Status of carbon nanotube fiber development 9:00 \u2013 10:30
Synthesis and application of centimeter long CNT arrays (Prof. Vesselin Shanov, University of Cincinnati)
Functionalisation of CNT at Gabriel Lippmann Lab (Dr. Patrick Choquet, Gabriel Lippmann) |
| Coffee break 10:30 \u2013 11:00 |
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| CNT composite fibers and applications 11:00 \u2013 11:45 |
| High Performance Continuously Spun Fibres (Dr. Marcelo Motta, Cambridge University) |
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| Space elevator ribbon 11:45 \u2013 12:30 |
| Use and space qualification of CNT material and tethers (Dr. Pierre Rochus, Space Center Liège) |
| Lunch 12:30 \u2013 14:00 |
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| Afternoon session 14:00 \u2013 17:00 |
| Tether dynamics and design 14:00 \u2013 15:00 |
| Competition tethers: design issues (Dr. Brad Edwards, EuroSpaceward Asbl) |
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| Tether workshop 15:00 \u2013 16:00 |
| 2007 Tether Competition teams (Dr. Bryan Laubscher, Industrial Nano LLC) |
| Coffee break 16:00 \u2013 16:30 |
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| Outlook 16:30 \u2013
17:00 |
| Why we need an elevator to space! (Dr. Brad Edwards, Markus Klettner, John Winter, all EuroSpaceward Asbl) |
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| End of workshop day-2: 17:00 |
PDF Download - Preliminary Workshop Program |
