The lunar space elevator

International Astronautical Federation - 55th International Astronautical Congress 2004

Volumn 5, Issue , 2004, Pages 3133-3143

  Pearson, Jerome ^a   Levin, Eugene ^a   Oldson, John ^a   Wykes, Harry ^a  

^a STAR Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; EARTH (PLANET); LUNAR MISSIONS; ORBITS; RADIO INTERFERENCE; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EQUATORIAL LOCATIONS; LUNAR MATERIALS; LUNAR SPACE ELEVATORS; LUNAR SURFACE OPERATIONS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 34249011454     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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