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, abstracts, and videos from these challenges.

2025

  • [High School 1st Prize] Space Elevator Apex Anchor Station [paper] [video]

  • [High School 2nd Prize] APEX Settlement [paper] [video]

  • [High School 3rd Prize] Maglev Space Elevator [paper] [video]

  • [University 1st Prize] Team Celestial [paper] [video]

  • [University 2nd Prize] Presenting Nexus [paper] [video]

  • [University 3rd Prize] Space Habitat at L5-Point [paper] [video]

2024

2023