Escalator Hi Home Page

aboutauthor: about the author, Jim Cline (J. E. D. Cline)
acvmts: Al list of the author's life achievements, more of a self-esteem help example
akestsgeo: A 2002 version of index page overview
arssigeo: A ring of space settlements infilling GEO
authorefforts: description of this authors efforts toward the KESTS to GEO project
beginnerskests: A simplified description of KESTS to GEO concept
businterf: A roughly made attempt to explore interface with "free enterprise"
cangetthere: yes, we could get there from here
caution: Extra wisdom needed for KESTSGEO, or don't do it at all
cdf: Another rough effort in 2002, has lots of link
centristation wlphmref200203: a parallel early project to build a functional torus station
clciinge: cities in GEO
clenap: enabled applications
cifuwoke: Futures without KESTS
hlhisp: High GEO Spaceport
clketoge: brief, simplistic, description of KESTS to GEO purposes and way it would work
clovin: overall integration including with anchored tether elevators
clpere: People's responses to KESTS to GEO
cloposa: Satellite Solar Power Stations in GEO
clsosepo: Solar self powered
clthop: theory of operation of KESTS to GEO
cltore: Toxic industrial materials total recycling plants, solar powered, in GEO
clusteridx: A cluster diagram index of whole concept, using an imagemap
cobetse: Comments on anchored tether space elevators by JEDC
copechange: coping with change
dedication: KESTS to GEO website dedication purposes
earthtetherelevator: Anchored tether type earth space elevator technology
eduwork: Urging fun educational systems to increase general competancy
electrolift: electromagnetic lift, ground to GEO
gensp: index links to some of the GEnie network Space Science Library KESTS files
grov: Graphical description of some of the enabled applications in space
highport: GEO high spaceport facilities
hwysgeoring: HIGHWAYS TO THE EARTH GEO RING: re-format of Feb. 1989 description of KESTS to GEO and applications
imfgeo: Initial maintenance facilities in GEO
index20021022: A 2002 index effort, many Q&A entries
intro1: Introduction early index page, many links
issskests: KESTS: Potential application of General System Theory
jcblogcopy: 20040922 blog entry copy
jcphotoidx: photos for family and friends including of trips to present KESTS to GEO
jedctopcynbrg: JEDC's bridge over Old Topanga Canyon, 1971
keseptsssi2b: JEDC's paper presented to the Space Studies Institute in 1997, but was not published
kests20000908: KESTS diagram made in 2000 paper's preparation
kestsandtethers: interaction of KESTS with anchored earth tether space elevator structures
vgwpp20021923: presentation material 2002 conference
kestsgrefs: Published references re KESTS
kestshistory: History of J E D Cline's creation of the KESTS to GEO and related concepts
kestsintro: Introduction to KESTS to GEO
kggmss: KESTS to GEO General Mission Statement
kglals: KESTS lifting and lowering spacecraf
mcbl3: reformat of 1972 Mooncable: THE MOONCABLE: A PROFITABLE SPACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
odkestsgeo: Overall diagram of KESTS to GEO and applications
payloadstream: Continuous stream of payload to GEO
plcbl1: A high efficiency ground commute concept
pps20040310-1: Start of slides related to 2004 conference presentation
prekests: Pre-KESTS concepts for earth to space transportation structures
prsntn3: 2005 Space & Engineering conference slides on Characteristics of KESTS Space Escalator Carousel vs. Anchored Tether Space Elevators
qanda: Questions and Answers in 2003
recycling1: Lifestyles in a total recycling environment
researchtopics: List of KESTS related topics for research
restorecosystem: Usefulness in restoring Earth surface ecosystem
resumejedc20031005: JEDC's resume for survival level employment as of 2003
rhstrbg: Flyer for Rod Hyde's talk to L-5 Society on his Starbridge concept
satsabovegeo: Moving all satellite functions up to GEO
seps: Solar Power Stations in GEO
shark2: The energy consumption of our age has been like a shark
skests: document prepared in 1996 for the Space Studies Institute 1997 conference
slaeemtt: Creating a sliding armature energy-momentum energy transfer technology
slaemtt: Description of a sliding armature energy momentum transfer technology
sponge: Sopping up the particles trapped in the GEO environment
ssigeops: Passively shielded rotating space settlements in GEO (Stanford Torus type)
stmw: Supporting the motor's weight
tethervskests: Brief comparison of tethers vs KESTS
tmpmt1: Why would we do such a thing?
tmpmt2: Theory and technology
tmpmt3: Duty and concerns
tmpmt4: Activities and courage
toppage: A 2004 top page for website
totalrecycling: Total recycling of civilization's wastes
indextst: A thin section tutorial being written by JEDC for IPNHM
uspat: Phase Lock Loop for Synchronized VCO With Digital Data Pulses
visionary: Visionary's viewpoint of KESTS to GEO and application results
whybother: Why bother, let nature take its course instead
whygeo: Why build it in GEO instead of LEO?
whylivegeo: Why live in GEO?
whynecessary: Why is KESTS to GEO necessary?
widevision: A wider vision
workenergy: Calculating the energy given to a pound by lifting from ground to GEO: 7.2KWh, about $0.72 per pound ground to GEO at 10 cents per KWh