Space Elevators for Mars
Theme:
Science
Tag:
Private Panel
What:
Panel
When:
1:00 PM, Saturday 2 Oct 2021
(1 hour)
Where:
Gateway Center
- Salon 1
How:
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.
Moderator
St. Louis Space Frontier (a chapter of the National Space Society)
(retired)