Space Tethers and Space Elevators

• Main Author: van Pelt, Michel. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Astrophysics.; Astronomy.; Astronautics.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-76556-3

On Earth, tethers or ropes or lines are used primarily to bind things to each other. In Space, tethers can also be used to attach spacecraft to each other, but this technology involves much more than simply tying things together. Ropes can also be used to climb, to reach places higher up  maybe all...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction
• Limits to Rocket Propulsion
• New Materials
• Tether Types
• Early Experiments
• Into Space
• 12,000,000th Floor: Space
• Earth Orbit
• Spacecraft Stabilization
• Changing Momentum
• Generating Electrical Power
• Into the Solar System
• Technological Challenges
• Conclusion
• Glossary
• Bibliography
• Books and Reports
• Papers, articles and presentations
• Webpages.