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LiftPort Group

LiftPort Group is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand LiftPort Group rather than just read about it. In short: LiftPort Group is a privately held Washington state corporation. It was founded in April 2003 by Michael J.

Key takeaways

LiftPort Group belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect LiftPort Group to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of LiftPort Group from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

LiftPort Group is a privately held Washington state corporation. It was founded in April 2003 by Michael J. Laine. The company is focused on the construction of a space elevator using carbon nanotubes.

History April 2003, LiftPort Group founded. April 12, 2004, LiftPort Group cosponsored the Official Yuri's Night celebration in Seattle, Washington. November 12, 2004, Demonstrated a lifter at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology by having it climb up a ribbon approximately 90 meters tall, during a snowstorm. April 29, 2005 Announced plans for a carbon nanotube manufacturing plant, the company's first formal facility for production of the material on a commercial scale. The new facility was to serve as the regional headquarters for the company, and represent the fruition of LiftPort Group's three years of research and development efforts into carbon nanotubes, including partnering work with a variety of leading research institutions in the business and academic communities. Set to open in June 2005, LiftPort Nanotech was to be located in Millville, New Jersey. September 20, 2005, LiftPort Group designed and built a longer ribbon (called Tether) and load bearing balloon to further illustrate proof of concept and progress. The lifter climbed the 1,000-foot (300 m) ribbon which was suspended from the balloon. January 2006 LiftPort successfully launched an observation and communication platform a mile in the air and maintained it in a stationary position for more than six hours while robotic lifters climbed up and down a ribbon attached to the platform. The platform, a proprietary system that the company has named "HALE" (High Altitude Long Endurance), was secured in place by an arrangement of high altitude balloons, which were also used to launch it. The robotic lifters measured five feet, six inches (1.7 meters) and climbed to a height of more than 1,500 feet (460 m), surpassing its last test record by more than 500 feet (150 m). June 11, 2007, LiftPort was to be penalized due to an alleged illegal offering of shares of the company. February 16, 2010, LiftPort Group entered into a Consent settlement with the State of Washington agreeing to cease and desist specified activities, and no fine was imposed.

Lunar space elevator In October 2011 on the LiftPort website Laine announced that LiftPort is pursuing a Lunar space elevator as an interim goal before attempting a terrestrial elevator. At the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group (LEAG), LiftPort CTO Marshall Eubanks presented a paper on the Lunar Elevator co-authored by Michael Laine. In August 2012, LiftPort announced the launch of KickStarter funding for their Lunar space elevator. This KickStarter fund can be found at Space Elevator Kickstarter. This project successfully exceeded its funding goal on September 13, 2012, requesting $8,000. It raised $110,353 from 3,468 backers. The KickStarter project comments thread has many comments from backers asking what has happened with no response.

References

Bibliography LiftPort - The Space Elevator: Opening Space to Everyone, ISBN 978-1-59222-109-7

External links Viral video of LiftPort climber

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with LiftPort Group

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what LiftPort Group claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to LiftPort Group before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about LiftPort Group ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of LiftPort Group

In research: LiftPort Group appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses LiftPort Group in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: LiftPort Group is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Aerospace companies of the United States, Bremerton, Washington, Companies based in Snohomish County, Washington, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for LiftPort Group outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study LiftPort Group in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what LiftPort Group means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain LiftPort Group out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is LiftPort Group in simple terms?

LiftPort Group is a privately held Washington state corporation. It was founded in April 2003 by Michael J.

Why does LiftPort Group matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study LiftPort Group?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on LiftPort Group.