Space Elevator Symposium
Chair: Dr. Peter A. Swan, President, International Space Elevator Consortium
Dr. Peter Swan participates actively inside the International Space Elevator Consortium's [ISEC] projects helping to lead the way into the future. He is also a lead editor/author for multiple International Academy of Astronauticsâ studies: âSpace Mineral Resources - A Global Assessment of the Challenges and Opportunitiesâ [2015], and, âSpace Elevators: An Assessment of the Technological Feasibility and the Way Forward [2013].â His 45+ years of space systems engineering expertise has helped the space elevator community âkick-startâ a research and development program. He has built space systems and taught space systems engineering around the world. He has many publications and five books published, to include Space Elevator Systems Architecture. His Ph.D. studies, at UCLA, centered around space tethers and their dynamics