1. Europes Entries to the US Space Elevator Competition Markus Klettner – SEI Europe – Barcelona Luxembourg European Space Conference, Luxembourg The Space Elevator (SE) SE Contest: Spaceward, NASA and X PRIZE Cup European Entries from Spain and Germany Courtesy: Marshall Almeida

2. Markus Klettner MSM'05 - SEI Europe Barcelona - Luxembourg 2 Space Elevator: Basics Courtesy: The Space Elevator Visualization Group

3. Markus Klettner MSM'05 - SEI Europe Barcelona - Luxembourg 3 Space Elevator: System Overview First elevator: 20 ton capacity (13 ton payload) Constructed with existing or near-term technology Cost (US$10B) and schedule (~15 years) Operating costs of US$250/kg to any Earth orbit, moon, Mars, Venus, Asteroids (Source: Brad Edwards)

4. Markus Klettner MSM'05 - SEI Europe Barcelona - Luxembourg 4 High-strength structures Finite element analysis /Computer simulations Lightweight electric motors High-power laser systems Space tether systems Space applications Climber technology Debris tracking technology Space Elevator: R&D Spin-off

5. Markus Klettner MSM'05 - SEI Europe Barcelona - Luxembourg 5 Initial SE Contest at NASA Ames in Oct 2005 Beam Power Challenge: designed by NASAs Centennial Challenges program to promote development of new SE related power distribution technologies. 7 university teams competed, first technology demonstration. No winner in 2005 Tether Challenge: foster the development of super strong space tether material. The competition requires a 50% improvement in breaking force from year to year Courtesy: Spaceward Foundation

6. Markus Klettner MSM'05 - SEI Europe Barcelona - Luxembourg 6 SE Contest 2006: Stakeholders Introduced and manages the Space Elevator Games within its Elevator2010 program Awards the prize money of total USD 400.000 for the SE BeamPower Challenge and the SE Tether Challenge Will host the Space Elevator Games from year 2006 on

7. Markus Klettner MSM'05 - SEI Europe Barcelona - Luxembourg 7 X PRIZE Cup will host Space Elevator Contest in 2006 Courtesy: The X PRIZE Foundation, xprizecup 2006 brochure

8. Markus Klettner MSM'05 - SEI Europe Barcelona - Luxembourg 8 Beam Power (Climber) Challenge in 2006 Courtesy: Spaceward Foundation Climber competition entries are rated according to the product of payload weight and climbing speed, normalized by the net climber weight. 2006 target is to have loads (climber + payload) of about 50 kg move up a ribbon at a speed of 1 m/s for about 1 minute, corresponding to 500 watts of mechanical power. v=1m/s m=50 kg

9. Markus Klettner MSM'05 - SEI Europe Barcelona - Luxembourg 9 European Entries to the Contest Year 2006 Barcelona Spain: Team Recens from Technical University of Catalonia and Catalonian Institute for Space Studies Dortmund Germany: Team Weltraumfahrstuhl, Max Born Berufskolleg Year 2007 Barcelona Spain: Team Recens Munich, Germany: Team WARR Scientific Workgroup for Rocketry and Space Flight of German Aerospace Association, Institute for Astronautics at Technical University Munich

10. Markus Klettner MSM'05 - SEI Europe Barcelona - Luxembourg 10 Technical solution of climber – basic scheme Solar PanelHE Beam Source DC Drive System Super Capacitor Control Circuit Auxiliary Battery Remote control device Y2006 Entry from Spain Courtesy: Team Recens

11. Markus Klettner MSM'05 - SEI Europe Barcelona - Luxembourg 11 Y2006 Entry from Spain Lab of team Recens with 2 team members and partly assembled climber mock-up Detail of climber DC drive and mounted traction wheel

12. Markus Klettner MSM'05 - SEI Europe Barcelona - Luxembourg 12 Y2007 Entry from Germany Scientific Workgroup for Rocketry and Space Flight at Technical University Munich focuses on modular SE climber design Courtesy: WARR SE TEAM

13. Markus Klettner MSM'05 - SEI Europe Barcelona - Luxembourg 13 Y2007 Entry from Germany Members of WARR Space Elevator team and their first dynamic Space Elevator mock-ups at the Institute of Astronautics in Munich Courtesy: WARR SE TEAM

14. Markus Klettner MSM'05 - SEI Europe Barcelona - Luxembourg 14 Contact European Space Elevator Initiative L-8085 Luxembourg-Bertrange E-08392 Barcelona-Llavaneras E-mail: SEC-IBE@TERRA.ES