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A Review of ERA5 Equatorial Wind Data and Impact on a Space Elevator
Blaise Gassend, Jonathan Gassend
This paper uses the ERA5 weather dataset to assess the impact of the wind on an equatorial space elevator. An analytical formulation establishes that the effect of wind on tether i…
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Exponential Tethers for Accelerated Space Elevator Deployment
Blaise Gassend
An exponential space elevator is a space elevator with a tether cross-section that varies exponentially with altitude. With such an elevator it is possible to reel in tether materi…