From Earth To Space 2022 Tethered Ring Presentation
Channel: SpaceInfrastructure
Date: 2022-06-10

I recently discovered that someone named Timothy Swan (who is not related to me as far as I know) made a version of this presentation with improved audio. The microphone captured the sound of me swallowing occasionally, which is understandably disturbing to many viewers. I didn't notice this when I originally uploaded the video during the conference, as I was in a bit of a rush at the time. You can find the audio-improved video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsB9GT_DEtQ&ab_channel=TimothySwan.
Thanks Timothy!

And now, onto the description...

A Tethered Ring is a proposed structure for supporting an electromagnetic space vehicle launcher in the stratosphere at an altitude that places it above most of the Earth's atmosphere. A Tethered Ring can also support an evacuated tube transit system to provide carbon-neutral international travel, communications equipment, photovoltaic solar panels, observatories, and leasable high-altitude space for hotels, restaurants, and other attractions.

A Tethered Ring is designed to be built on Earth and then raised into the stratosphere by the action of tensioning its tethers. It employs several lifting rings for redundancy, each of which houses a magnetically levitated spinning ring. The air within each lift ring is removed to reduce air friction on the spinning rings. The spinning rings generate outward inertial forces which combine with the tensile forces from the tethers to produce lifting forces that are equal and opposite to the gravitational and gyroscopic forces acting on the structure. Electrically powered thruster nacelles mounted on the ring and its tethers keep the structure on station.

00:00 Speaker Intro
00:49 Intro
01:24 Space Launch
04:16 What is a Tethered Ring
07:55 Zero Carbon Transit
10:42 Power Generation
12:22 Real-estate/Tourism
13:15 Technology
15:02 Incremental Steps
18:03 Conclusion

For more information, see: project-atlantis.com

Conference Link: https://web.archive.org/web/20220421214121/https://nanocanadaconference.ca/speakers/philip-swan/

More on ring-mounted solar energy generation, transmission, and storage here:
https://www.project-atlantis.com/solar-megaprojects/