Adrian Nixon began his presentation with what subjects will be covered.
In terms of space elevator:
• The need for tether material
• What is graphene
• The manufacturing process state of the art
• Thoughts about graphene tether in use
The last piece of the puzzle… “The key issue remains the strength of the tether materials. Long lengths of high strength are required... In this author’s opinion, a viable solution would render the construction and operation of several space elevators so attractive that solutions would be found to the other problems in relatively short order.”
Also see Chapter 9: http://www.i2mconsultants.com/downloads/corp/Memoir101-T0fC2016.pdf, especially PDF pp. 17, and pp. 41-43, and 48.
2017 Version: https://isec.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/BIS-ISEC-Presentation-Nov-2017a.pdf
Video Update: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IesIsKMjB4Y
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