Manuscript received September 14, 2024; revised October 28, 2024; accepted November 20, 2024; published December 27, 2024.
Abstract—Science ancient time, people were hoping to enter the universe and explore the further world. Recent years, with the appearance of rocket, it is able for human to go to the space. However, rocket is not able to recycle, which will cost lots of money on rebuilt it. At this time, people start to consider about the space elevator. There are some models of build a space elevator, one of them called “top-down” structure is the most available model that most scientist are focus on. With the model, scientists also need to find a kind of material that is strong enough to operate in the space. Carbon nanotube, the hardest material over the Earth becomes the first choice the. Even though, there are still several problems that the humanity is facing to build a real space elevator. The space elevator is able to go out of fictional stories in the nearly future after the main problems got solved. This essay is focus on the strength of material and structure of space elevator to figure out the possibility of space elevator. If it is not possible, point out the problems that scientists still facing, otherwise, try to create one.
Keywords—science, space elevator, feasibility, astronomy
Cite: Tianrui Gao, "The Feasibility Analysis of a Space Elevator,"
International Journal of Engineering and Technology, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 255-260, 2024.
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