In 2006 Dr Bradley Edwards and Philip Ragan published a detailed, practical guide to developing a space elevator. Much has happened since then, and this 2019 series builds on that original work, expanding the detail and giving an in-depth review of the place of the space elevator in 21st century space exploration. In this book, the concept of the space elevator is explained, along with the exciting story of how it moved from science fiction to a real project, thanks to the discovery of carbon nanotubes (CNT) in the 1990’s.