Abstract

Following a short description of space elevators and an overview of the various space elevator architectures to date, brief summaries are given of the five papers in this special issue of JBIS which show just how far we have come in building a permanent space transportation infrastructure. Keywords: Space elevators, Architectures, Galactic Harbours, Tether Materials, Tether climbers, Interplanetary Space Travel

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