Space Elevator Japan

Manufacturing mar 13 2019 4 min read.

Space elevator japan. Nasa and space agencies in japan and china have been working on this version of the space elevator for years. Japanese scientists have extensive experience with robotics and carbon nanotubes which are almost ten times stronger than steel. In japan the space elevator is practically a part of the national psyche due in part to a deep expertise by japanese researchers in the fields of robotics and carbon nanotube technology starting.

The obayashi corporation has promised to have its version up and running by 2050. Researchers heading into space in the not too distant future could be travelling by elevator rather than rocket if japanese construction giant obayashi corporation has its way. Japan is technologically well placed to develop the first space elevator.

The race is on in japan to build a space elevator through open innovation. A team of researchers from japan s shizuoka university and other institutions will conduct the first test in space this month as part of a project to build a space elevator japan s the mainichi. Wants to build an operational space elevator by the middle of the century japan s yomiuri shimbun newspaper reported wednesday feb.

The biggest hurdle at this point is developing a material strong enough to build cables 60 000 miles long and capable of transporting 100 ton cargo. In 2008 the book leaving the planet by space elevator was published in japanese and entered the japanese best seller list. Since the apollo moon missions of the 60s only a few more than 500 astronauts have reached the hallowed height of 100 kilometers 62 miles into space.

29 30 this led to shuichi ono chairman of the japan space elevator association unveiling a space elevator plan putting forth what observers considered an extremely low cost estimate of a trillion yen 5 billion 8 billion to build one. This technology is relatively new and may help to overcome the last obstacles to making a viable space elevator. Image by earl otsuka.