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The National Space Society’s yearly International Space Development Conference is in Orlando in 2025 with a large agenda with many activities and presentations. The conference dates are from Thursday June 19th to Sunday June 22nd, 2025.
As it is in Orlando, there will be ties to the activities (and tours) of Kennedy Space Center. The conference runs from Thursday 19th June to Sunday 22nd June 2025 and covers a full spectrum of space topics with remarkable attendees [usually the leaders from space corporations and national leaders from NASA and such]. The topic of the conference is: “Together Beyond.”
Follow this link for full conference details and registration. : https://isdc.nss.org
ISEC will lead the Space Elevator Session on Saturday June 21st from 2pm to 6pm local time, see below for more details.
All conference attendees may attend the Space Elevator session….
SPACE ELEVATOR SESSION DETAILS
“Space Elevators - Revolutionizing Access to Space”
Modern-Day Space Elevators address the huge challenges being embraced by the NSS – moving off planet and saving our planet.
The success of operating a complex of Modern-Day Space Elevators will transform humanity’s relationship with space with eco-friendly, cost-effective and efficient logistics delivery to GEO and beyond. New opportunities will surface for space exploration, resource utilization and satellite assembly beyond the gravity well.
The remarkable lift capability will grow over time and become known as the ‘Green Road to Space’ as it uses electricity to raise its payloads and does not leave debris behind. Humanity is standing on the cusp of a new era, with tethers from mid-ocean to Apex Anchors (100,000 km altitude) enabling the dreams of many, including the principle one of the National Space Society – off planet settlements.
These ribbons from ocean to space will offer the promise of making space accessible to all, fostering global cooperation, positioning humanity to address Earth’s challenges, inspiring a sustainable future for our planet, and living off-planet.
SCHEDULE (Subject to Change)
1400-1405 “Overview: You Dream it – We Deliver”, Peter Swan, Ph.D.
1405-1415 “Satisfying Customer Needs with Modern-Day Space Elevators”, Peter Swan, Ph.D.
1415-1430 “Returning Wealth to Earth using Descenders on the Space Elevator“, Larry Bartoszek
1435-1450 “Returning Wealth to Earth: A Space Elevator True Value”, Steven Griggs, Ph.D.
1450-1500 “Powering Climbers with Mechanical Waves”, Blaise Gassend
1500-1515 NSS Student Winners
1515-1530 ISEC Student Winners
1530-1540 “Progress in Strong Materials for Space Elevator Tethers”, Dennis Wright, Ph.D.
1540-1550 “Defect Tolerance in Space Elevator Tether”, John Knapman, Ph.D.
1550-16:00 “Strong Crosslinked Boron Nitride Nanotube Bundles”, Nicholas Tjahjono
1600-1610 “Electrostatic Linear Motor”, Avery Davis
1610-1620 “Planetary Defense”, Charlie Krone
1620-1630 “Tailored Graphene Using QPS-GrapheneX”, Amina Ramadan
1630-1730 PANEL : “Solving the Down Problem: Getting Space Resources to Earth” - Moderator Dennis Wright, Ph.D (President, ISEC)
- Panel Members - Larry Bartoszek (Vice-President , ISEC), Steven Griggs, Ph.D. (President, Space Railway Corp.), Isaac Arthur (President, NSS)
1730-1800 Questions, Answers, Comments : “Modern-Day Space Elevators”