Nicolae Iorga — Iorga redirects here. For the village in Botoşani County, see Manoleasa. Nicolae Iorga Nicolae Iorga in 1914 (photograph published in Luceafărul) Prime Minister of Romania … Wikipedia
Jerome Pearson — (born 1938) is an American engineer and space scientist best known for his work on Space elevators and Lunar space elevator. He is president of STAR, Inc., and has developed aircraft and spacecraft technology for the Air Force, DARPA, and NASA.… … Wikipedia
Space tether — Artist s conception of satellite with a tether Space tethers are cables, usually long and very strong, which can be used for propulsion, stabilization, or maintaining the formation of space systems by determining the trajectory of spacecraft and… … Wikipedia
Tether propulsion — systems are proposals to use long, very strong cables (known as tethers) to change the velocity of spacecraft. The tethers may be used to initiate launch, complete launch, or alter the orbit of a spacecraft. Spaceflight using this form of… … Wikipedia
Lunar space elevator — A lunar space elevator (also called a moonstalk) is a proposed cable running from the surface of the Moon into space.It is similar in concept to the better known Earth space elevator idea (a cable suspended above Earth, with its center of gravity … Wikipedia
Jerome Pearson — (né en 1938) est un ingénieur et chercheur américain travaillant dans le secteur spatial. Il est connu entre autres pour ses travaux de recherche sur les ascenseurs spatiaux et ascenseurs spatiaux lunaires. Il est actuellement président de la… … Wikipédia en Français
Des Moines, Iowa — Des Moines redirects here. For other uses, see Des Moines (disambiguation). City of Des Moines City Clockwise from top: 801 Grand … Wikipedia
Space elevator — A space elevator for Earth would consist of a cable anchored to the Earth s equator, reaching into space. By attaching a counterweight at the end (or by further extending the cable upward for the same purpose), the center of mass is kept well… … Wikipedia
Solar power satellite — A solar power satellite, or SPS or Powersat, as originally proposed would be a satellite built in high Earth orbit that uses microwave power transmission to beam solar power to a very large antenna on Earth. Advantages of placing the solar… … Wikipedia
Vision for Space Exploration — Cover page of report of Aldridge Commission, Report of the President s Commission on Implementation of United States Space Exploration Policy, 2004 The Vision for Space Exploration (VSE) is the United States space policy which was announced on… … Wikipedia
