The International Space Elevator Consortium (ISEC) promotes the development, construction and operation of a Space Elevator (SE) as a revolutionary and efficient way to space for all humanity. We are made up of organizations and individuals from all around the world who share a vision of humanity in space. The idea for an organization like ISEC has been discussed for years but it was not until the Space Elevator Conference in Redmond, Washington in July of 2008 that things became serious. Interest and enthusiasm for the SE reached critical mass at this Conference and, with additional SE conferences upcoming in both Europe and Japan it was felt that this was a good time to formalize an international organization.
An initial set of Directors and Officers were elected and they immediately began the difficult task of unifying the disparate efforts of Space Elevator supporters worldwide. ISECs first Strategic Plan was adopted in January of 2010 and it is now the driving force behind ISECs efforts. This Strategic Plan calls for adopting a yearly theme (for 2010 its Space Elevator Survivability - Space Debris Mitigation) and focuses ISEC activities around it. In 2010, ISEC also announced the first annual Artsutanov and Pearson prizes to be awarded for exceptional papers that advance our understanding of the Space Elevator.
Original working URL: https://isec.org/
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