Space Elevator: Pushing an Elevator Button for a Ride into Heaven
About this audiobook
What Is Space Elevator
One concept for a transportation system that would link planets to space is called a space elevator. A cable that is attached to the surface and extends into space would be the primary component of this system. Without the need for huge rockets, the architecture of the system would enable vehicles to ascend the cable from the surface of a planetary body, such as the surface of the Earth, and enter orbit directly. Because of the enormous weight, a space elevator based on Earth could not simply be a tall tower supported from below. Instead, it would consist of a cable with one end attached to the surface near the equator and the other end attached to a counterweight in space beyond geostationary orbit. This would allow the elevator to move between the surface and the counterweight. The opposing forces of gravity, which is stronger at the lower end, and the upward centrifugal force, which is stronger at the upper end, would result in the cable being held up, under tension, and stationary over a single position on Earth. Gravity is stronger at the lower end, while the upward centrifugal force is stronger at the upper end. After the tether has been deployed, climbers will be able to use mechanical methods to repeatedly ascend and descend the tether in order to release their payload into and out of orbit.
How You Will Benefit
(I) Insights, and validations about the following topics:
Chapter 1: Space elevator
Chapter 2: Interplanetary spaceflight
Chapter 3: The Fountains of Paradise
Chapter 4: Counterweight
Chapter 5: Skyhook (structure)
Chapter 6: Lunar space elevator
Chapter 7: Megascale engineering
Chapter 8: Yuri Artsutanov
Chapter 9: Momentum exchange tether
Chapter 10: Launch loop
Chapter 11: Orbital ring
Chapter 12: Globus Cassus
Chapter 13: Space elevators in fiction
Chapter 14: Specific strength
Chapter 15: Gravity of Earth
Chapter 16: Non-rocket spacelaunch
Chapter 17: Space elevator safety
Chapter 18: Space elevator construction
Chapter 19: Space tether
Chapter 20: Space elevator competitions
Chapter 21: Hypothetical technology
(II) Answering the public top questions about space elevator.
(III) Real world examples for the usage of space elevator in many fields.
(IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of space elevator' technologies.
Who This Book Is For
Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of space elevator.
About the author
Fouad Sabry is the former Regional Head of Business Development for Applications at HP in Southern Europe, Middle East, and Africa (SEMEA). Fouad has received his B.Sc. of Computer Systems and Automatic Control in 1996, dual master’s degrees from University of Melbourne (UoM) in Australia, Master of Business Administration (MBA) in 2008, and Master of Management in Information Technology (MMIT) in 2010.Â
Fouad has more than 20 years of experience in Information Technology and Telecommunications fields, working in local, regional, and international companies, such as Vodafone and IBM in Middle East and Africa (MEA) region. Fouad joined HP Middle East (ME), based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2013 and helped develop the software business in tens of markets across Southern Europe, Middle East, and Africa (SEMEA) regions. Currently, Fouad is an entrepreneur, author, futurist, focused on Emerging Technologies, and Industry Solutions, and founder of One Billion Knowledgeable (1BK) Initiative.
