Help Shape the Future of Space Exploration

Join The Planetary Society Now 

Join our eNewsletter for updates & action alerts

   Please leave this field empty
Multimedia IconMultimedia

Going Up! Ben Shelef of the Spaceward Foundation on Space Elevator Development

Use when no other thumbnail exists

Air Date: 10/03/2005
Run Time: 0:28:50

Listen to the full show:

Or Download mp3

Guests:

Topics:

The Spaceward Foundation is sponsoring the Space Elevator Games later this month. Founder and engineeer Ben Shelef talks about this first ever competition, and the outlook for a 60,000 mile ribbon of superstrong material leading directly to space. Emily Lakdawalla tells us where to look for life in our solar system, while Bruce Betts weaves the Bayeux Tapestry into this week's What's Up segment.

Comments:

No trivia contest spoilers please!

Leave a Comment:

You must be logged in to submit a comment. Log in now.
Facebook Twitter Email RSS AddThis

Planetary Radio Search

Support our Asteroid Hunters

They are Watching the Skies for You!

Our researchers, worldwide, do absolutely critical work.

Asteroid 2012DA14 was a close one.
It missed us. But there are more out there.

I want to help

Fly to an Asteroid!

Send your name and message on Hayabusa-2.

Send your name

Join the New Millennium Committee

Let’s invent the future together!

Become a Member

Connect With Us

Facebook! Twitter! Google+ and more…
Continue the conversation with our online community!

facebook.png twitter.png rss.png youtube.png flickr.png googleplus.png