Space Elevator Japan

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.

Space elevator japan. 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. The device would carry. 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. 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.

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. Wants to build an operational space elevator by the middle of the century japan s yomiuri shimbun newspaper reported wednesday feb. Image by earl otsuka. The obayashi corporation has promised to have its version up and running by 2050.

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. A space elevator is hypothetical for now but japanese construction giant obayashi corporation believes the necessary technology to build one could be ready in the next 10 to 12 years. Japan is technologically well placed to develop the first space elevator. Manufacturing mar 13 2019 4 min read.

This technology is relatively new and may help to overcome the last obstacles to making a viable space elevator. Estimates the total cost of a fully functional first generation space elevator to be 10 trillion yen about 90 billion almost the same as that for the maglev train project. Nasa and space agencies in japan and china have been working on this version of the space elevator for years.