@pteerr.bsky.social
Interest in Space, Engineering & Photography. Cantab Engineer with International Space Elevator Consortium (ISEC). Member, Initiative for Interstellar Studies (i4iS)
Schedule of conference, Day 2
Schedule of conference, Day 1
Registration is open for our 2025 on-line #SpaceElevator 2-day conference.
Times differ on each day for our worldwide followers!
Speakers include @adriannixon.bsky.social, @dpscifi.bsky.social and many more.
Follow this link for more details and FREE registration ... www.isec.org/events/isec2025
Our August 2025 'Space Elevator' newsletter includes :
- Save the Date : ISEC 2025
- Chief Architect’s Corner
- Dennis Wright (our President) Visits GEIC
- Tether Materials
- History Corner
- Writer’s Circle
- Upcoming Events
… plus much more …
Read it all here : www.isec.org/space-elevat...
🌌 Announcing the Winners of the Project Hyperion Design Competition 🌌 ... hosted by i4iS.
Can we imagine a society that thrives on the journey to the stars?
🏆 Winners
🥇 Chrysalis
🥈 WFP Extreme
🥉 Systema Stellare Proximum
Plus 10 mentions...
Full details are here : www.projecthyperion.org
Our astrodynamicist @adamsspaceresearch.bsky.social is presenting on "Flying to a Potentially Hazardous Object..." on 20Sep25 with T Marshall Eubanks, hosted by the BIS.
They'll present research into a mission to PHO 2024 YR4, which may hit the Moon in 2032.
www.bis-space.com/event/bis-we...
Follow @isecdotorg.bsky.social for everything related to the #SpaceElevator !!
26.07.2025 11:31 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Here's an interesting paper by our member @adamsspaceresearch.bsky.social et al.
There's been criticism that it proposes alien origin for 3/Atlas, but it says that is not so : it's an academic exercise mentioning our habit of seeing pattern in randomness.
Please comment!
arxiv.org/abs/2507.12213
Our Jul-25 #SpaceElevator newsletter has :
- Conference news
- Leader words
- Zotero by @pteerr.bsky.social
- #ISDC2025 report
- Tether Materials by @adriannixon.bsky.social
- Space Elevator Competitions
- History Corner
- Social Media Update
+ more…
Read it here : www.isec.org/space-elevat...
Here's a recent video from @hoojiwana.bsky.social talking about the recent 'Pulsar Fusion' publicity.
Are his conclusions correct ? Or will Pulsar take us to the stars ?
Comments are welcome !!
Spoiler alert ! So it has no radiators, no realistic fuel supply and irradiates any cargo or crew ? It might have a smart website, but I won't be investing...
13.07.2025 18:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Here's more from #ISDC2025, a news video from the local Fox station....
www.fox35orlando.com/video/166178...
Here's a link to the Flickr album of our best photos from the recent NSS #ISDC2025 conference in Florida, most from the #SpaceElevator session.
Photo credit : Aidan H-K, Larry B and @binkytolstoy.bsky.social .
www.flickr.com/photos/isecd...
GRAPHENE AND NEW ECONOMIC MODELS flier for event. Speakers : James Baker, CEO, Graphene@Manchester Margherita Sepioni, CEO, SmartIR Adrian Nixon, Editor, Nixene Publishing, ISEC Board Member SPEAKING AT Central 5 13:30 to 14:30 UK SPACE CONFERENCE 2025 17 JULY 2025 | MANCHESTER CENTRAL
Our "Chair for Tether" @adriannixon.bsky.social will speak on #Graphene at #UKSC2025 on 17Jul25.
How will it impact the industries it'll transform ? If it enables the #SpaceElevator, how will that impact space transportation & industries such as Space Solar Power #SBSP ? Be there for answers...
Photo of speaker and slide. Text as follows : Space elevator climber can be made with today’s technology • Requirements for an Earth-based SE • strength/weight • candidates • Graphene Super Laminate • new material • layering of graphene sheets prevents tears • From lab-scale to industrial scale • roll-to-roll processing • multi-layer PCG 1 km lengths
Here's a photo of our President, Dr Dennis Wright, at the recent NSS #ISDC2025 conference in Orlando at FL.
He's presenting an important message : "The #SpaceElevator Climber can be built with existing technology..."
We need spacecraft intercept options from @adamsspaceresearch.bsky.social ! Now !!
02.07.2025 11:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This could be interesting, especially if
@adamsspaceresearch.bsky.social can find a good spacecraft rendezvous option ...
Photo of sculptures : a head, a Transformer, a Hulk, a gorilla, and more ... with my bike in the foreground.
Something different : here's the latest scrap-metal sculpture at the Oswestry Ironworks, with some favourites in the background ... and my bike.
29.06.2025 11:10 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
QR code to Abstract Submission for the ISEC-2025 conference.
Our 2025 #SpaceElevator conference will be VIRTUAL this year, enabling participation from around the world. Join us on September 6th and/or 7th !!
Be a part of the next groundbreaking advance in space exploration ! Details here : www.isec.org/events/isec2...
Submit your ABSTRACT via the QR ...
Newsletter title and ISEC artwork
Our June 2025 #SpaceElevator newsletter has :
- Editor’s Note
- Chief Architect’s Corner
- "The Space Elevator Tether and Space Debris" by @adriannixon.bsky.social +
- "Innovate Summit"
- "Solar System Space Elevators" by @pteerr.bsky.social
… + more …
Read it here : www.isec.org/space-elevat...
Registration is open for the 9th Interstellar Symposium in Austin, Texas, 12-15 October 2025.
irg.space/2025-irg-9th...
Exciting voluntary role for anyone interested in science and/or publishing! Do you have experience with layout software (eg Adobe InDesign, Microsoft Publisher, etc) or are learning how do document design? We need a new voluntary Layout Editor for our quarterly online magazine Principium. We will provide the software for you and can provide basic training to fulfil this role if required. The editorial team will supply the written content; you will be responsible for putting it all together into the pdf ready for publication. Join our commitment to expanding humanity’s horizons! Please get in touch with us asap by emailing gillian.norman@i4is.org; we'd love to see a brief summary of your skills and experience and it would be great to hear why you want to help!
Here’s the details Principium is a quarterly magazine published since 2012 by the Initiative & Institute for Interstellar Studies (www.i4is.org). It's published as a PDF on the i4is website www.i4is.org/Publications/Principium and in print for major conferences. It goes to about 1,000 aerospace professionals, academics and interested lay people in countries around the word including many in the US and UK. The layout role is to create the PDF of each new issue using the existing issue as a start point. We currently use Adobe InDesign, which is a widely used document layout tool (https://www.adobe.com/uk/products/indesign.html) but alternatives would be OK. The commitment would be to about 4-5 days work each quarter depending of course on existing expertise. The current Principium Editor, John Davies, is ready to provide initial guidance plus support for the first issues and the incoming Editor, Gill Norman, would be coordinating the work with the rest of the team. The role would suit anyone with design talent and enthusiasm for this creative work. We would welcome expressions of interest from students seeking to gain experience and enhance their CVs. But we would also be very pleased to hear from others who wish to diversify their careers or are seeking interesting work post-retirement. This is a pro bono (unpaid) role but agreed expenses would be paid, including software licences.
Exciting voluntary role !
Do you know layout software?
We need a new voluntary Layout Editor for our quarterly online magazine Principium. We provide the software and training.
The team will supply the content; you would put it all together.
Join our commitment to expanding humanity’s horizons!
Here's another excellent video by @fcain.universetoday.com describing a breakthrough in light sail technology...
youtu.be/iHLm9oHMsyM?...
We are leading two 1-day Workshops at The Royal Institution in London for young space scientists/engineers/dreamers !
"Skateboards to Starships"
- Age 12–14 : 07Aug25 www.rigb.org/whats-on/hol...
- Age 15–18 : 08Aug25 www.rigb.org/whats-on/hol...
Led by @johninghamdavies.bsky.social & others
ISEC artwork and newsletter title
Our May 2025 newsletter has :
- Editor’s & President’s Notes
- Chief Architect’s Corner
- Intern Program update
- Tether Materials by @adriannixon.bsky.social
- History Corner
- Solar System Space Elevators by @pteerr.bsky.social
… plus much more …
Read it here : www.isec.org/space-elevat...
The schedule is out for our Space Elevator session at ISDC2025 (Orlando ,21Jun2025).
Ten confirmed speakers on System Value, Tether Materials, Wave Power, Electrostatic Motors & Planetary Defence + Student Award + Panel on ‘The Down Problem’.
For full details go to : www.isec.org/events/isdc2...
Follow @dpscifi.bsky.social !
24.04.2025 09:15 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Hey folks. Here's one of the animations I did showing an O'Neill Colony - basically a hollowed out cylinder in space. This one is 35km long and 9km across and spins once per minute (if I remember) to provide 1g gravity.
Please repost! Spread the love!
Made in #blender. #sciart #scifi
Project Lyra Mission Guide : a full data table
From 2024, here's the Project Lyra* mission guide by @adamsspaceresearch.bsky.social in a starship blog on our website.
i4is.org/project-lyra...
* Project Lyra is the study of missions to chase down the interstellar object 11/'Oumuamua, in order to determine once and for all what this thing is...
Here's a link to the radio broadcast, the discussion starts at 08:39:30 am (2 hr 39:30 from the start)
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Perhaps the BBC could have chosen someone other than an Oxford professor to join this morning's Radio-4 Today discussion of this Cambridge announcement of a 3-Sigma confidence detection of a gas, it was never going to end well...
17.04.2025 10:19 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Text from Chris Lintott Bluesky posts, pointing out low robustness of the conclusions.
Yes, but....
17.04.2025 09:18 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
