Academic Challenge Papers

The International Space Elevator Consortium (ISEC), in conjunction with the National Space Society (NSS), has sponsored annual Academic Challenge contests on various aspects of space elevators.

Below are the papers and abstracts from these challenges, indicating the year (with 2 digits), whether High School (H) or University (U), and the prize placement (1, 2, or 3).

• AC23-1 Applications of GEO Stations and Microgravity [abstract] [paper]

• AC23-2 High Level Nuclear Waste Disposal System [abstract] [paper]

• AC23-3 High DOF Orbital Development of CubeSats [abstract] [paper]

• AC23 Automatic Mineral Processing and Metal Production [abstract] [paper]

• AC23 Biocapsule [abstract] [paper]

• AC23 Impactor [abstract] [paper]

• AC23 Ringworld [abstract] [paper]

• AC23 Rotational Acceleration Variation and Neutralization Belt [abstract] [paper]

• AC23 Space Elevator A Scientific Application [abstract] [paper]

• AC23 TaVohn's Space Elevator [abstract] [paper]

• AC23 The Ark [abstract] [paper]

• AC24-H-1 Project Demeter [abstract] [paper]

• AC24-H-2 Mars Delivery Service [abstract] [paper]

• AC24-H-3 Thermal Electricity Storage System with Solar Panels [abstract] [paper]

• AC24-H Solar System Economy Scenario [abstract] [paper]

• AC24-H Space Elevator Delivery System [abstract] [paper]

• AC24-U-1 Space Policy Mission Green Orbit [abstract] [paper]

• AC24-U-2 AI Enhanced Operations and Maintenance [abstract] [paper]

• AC24-U-2 Harvesting the Cosmos Sky Farms and GRTS [abstract] [paper]

• AC24-U Identifying Major Strengths of the GRTS [abstract] [paper]

• AC25-H-1 Space Elevator Apex Anchor Station [paper]

• AC25-H-2 APEX Settlement [paper]

• AC25-H-3 Maglev Space Elevator [paper]

• AC25-U-1 Team Celestial [paper]

• AC25-U-2 Presenting Nexus [paper]

• AC25-U-3 Space Habitat at L5-Point [paper]