Vladislav A. Leonov
INASAN
Russia
Biography
Vladislav A. Leonov, PhD, research scientist of the Solar System Investigations Department of Institute of Astronomy Russian Academy of Sciences. He has his expertise in meteor astronomy. He studies meteor masses distributions in main meteor showers and sporadic flow to estimate real risks for space activity. He is author of the patent “Earth-Moon elevator”. Further development of this idea lead him to conception of Martian elevator, inter-asteroid navigation with tether harpoons and solar system settlements.
Abstract
Abstract : Non-rocket launch from Mars