Space Elevators for Mars
My Session Status
What:
Panel
When:
1:00 PM, Saturday 2 Oct 2021
(1 hour)
Where:
Gateway Center
- Salon 1
Theme:
Science
Private Panel
The strength/lightness for the cables for a space elevator for Mars can be met with Kevlar®, a carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen polymer. The two moons and Mars will supply the material for the two elevator cables, the two mars-synchronous space stations, and the two counterweights to pull the cables tight with centrifugal force. They will probably be on opposite sides of the planet.