Hat Club - An Introduction to Space Elevators
- ๐ค Speaker: Laurence Bell
- ๐ Date & Time: Wednesday 04 November 2009, 20:15 - 21:30
- ๐ Venue: Pavilion Room, Hughes Hall, Mortimer Road, Cambridge CB1 2EW
Abstract
At the next Hat Club event at Hughes Hall, Laurence Bell will speak present โAn Introduction to Space Elevatorsโ.
Wednesday 4th November 8.15pm in the Pavilion Room, Hughes Hall.
โWhy use rockets to go into space when you can just take the lift? This talk will introduce the concepts involved in designing and building a permanent structure which extends 1/10th of the way to the moon, and some of the current research surrounding it.
“Earth is the cradle of humanity, but one cannot remain in the cradle forever.” โ Konstantin Tsiolkovsky.โ
Series This talk is part of the Hughes Hall Events series.
Included in Lists
- * Centre for Research in Contemporary Problems - Consolidated Seminar List *
- Hughes Hall Graduate Law Society seminar series
- Pavilion Room, Hughes Hall, Mortimer Road, Cambridge CB1 2EW
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Laurence Bell
Wednesday 04 November 2009, 20:15-21:30