samara.aif.ru: Professor Aslanov Knows How to Equip Space with Elevators

If Earth’s residents ever decide to form a planetary homeowners’ association, the editorial team at AIF-Samara already has a candidate in mind for chairman. Professor Vladimir Aslanov of Samara University not only has a comprehensive development program ready—he’s also published over 100 papers in the world’s most cited scientific journals. And this February, his new book, “Prospective Mission Scenarios Within the Three-Body Problem,” hit the shelves. It sounds complex—but it’s really about familiar “municipal services”:...