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The International Space Elevator Consortium (ISEC) promotes the development, construction and operation of a Space Elevator (SE) as a revolutionary and efficient way to space for all humanity. We are made up of organizations and individuals from all around the world who share a vision of humanity in space.
ISEC is designed around four central pillars: Technology, Business, Legal and Outreach. Each pillar has several offshoot programs to encourage the development and sharing of knowledge surrounding a SE.
The idea for an organization like ISEC has been discussed for years but it wasn’t until the Space Elevator Conference in Redmond, Washington in July of 2008 that things became serious. Interest and enthusiasm for the SE reached critical mass at this Conference and, with additional SE conferences upcoming in both Europe and Japan it was felt that this was a good time to formalize an international organization. An initial set of Directors and Officers were elected and they immediately began the difficult task of unifying the disparate efforts of Space Elevator supporters world-wide. ISEC's first Strategic Plan was adopted in January of 2010 and it is now the driving force behind ISEC's efforts. This Strategic Plan calls for adopting a yearly theme (for 2010 it's "Space Elevator Survivability - Space Debris Mitigation") and focuses ISEC activities around it.
