NEWS RELEASE—September 13th  2011   STAR, Inc. announced today that the first issue of the new Space Safety Magazine will feature an invited article by Jerome Pearson, Eugene Levin and Joe Carroll on “Commercial Space Debris Removal.”

NEWS RELEASE—August 29th 2011   STAR, Inc. announced today that President Jerome Pearson is presenting three invited lectures this week:  a conference presentation for OSD at the Pentagon, a Technology Seminar Series lecture at the National Reconnaissance Office, and a Web seminar for the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Future In-Space Operations (FISO) Working Group.  All three presentations dealt with our plans for active space debris removal from LEO.

NEWS RELEASE—April 4th 2011   STAR, Inc. announced today that Dr. Eugene Levin was granted U. S Patent 7, 913,954, “Electrodynamic Structure,” on 29 March 2011.

NEWS RELEASE—November 2010   STAR, Inc. recently completed a Phase I SBIR research contract on space debris removal for the Navy, and delivered the final report.

NEWS RELEASE--August 13th, 2010   STAR, Inc. announced today that President Jerome Pearson delivered the keynote address at the 2010 Space Elevator Conference in Redmond, Washington.  The address gathered extensive news coverage on NBC in Seattle, MSNBC, and various other publications around the world.  The subject was the removal of space debris to make space safe for space elevators.  Also at the conference, the other inventor of the space elevator, Yuri Artsutanov of Saint Petersburg, Russia, was present, and the two inventors had lengthy technical discussions over the three-day meeting.

NEWS RELEASE--May 20th, 2010   STAR, Inc. announced today that Jerome Pearson presented a paper at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville before the International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety (IAASS) at their Fourth IAASS Conference.  The paper discussed space traffic management for maneuvering satellites such as the company's EDDE vehicle for actively removing space debris from low Earth orbit.

NEWS RELEASE--May 15th, 2010   STAR, Inc. announced that their first contract on active debris removal using their EDDE propellantless maneuvering spacecraft began today, on a Navy SBIR Phase I program.

NEWS RELEASE--March 19th, 2010 STAR, Inc. announced today that The Bent of Tau Beta Pi has published in its Spring 2010 issue an invited cover article by Jerom Pearson on the application of the ElectroDynamic Debris Eliminator (EDDE) propellantless spacecraft for space debris removal.

NEWS RELEASE--March 17th, 2010   The International Space Elevator Consortium today announced the formation of the Pearson and Artsutanov Prizes for undergraduate and graduate students, for the best student papers on space elevator topics.  The prizes will be awarded at the annual Space Elevator Conference to be held at the Microsoft Center in Redmond, Washington on August 13-15th.  The prizes honor the inventors of the space elevator, Jerome Pearson and Yuri Artsutanov, both of whom will be at the conference this year.

NEWS RELEASE--January 7th, 2010 STAR, Inc. announced this week that it has won a contract from Navy/SPAWAR for a feasibility study of the application of the ElectroDynamic Debris Eliminator (EDDE) propellantless spacecraft for space debris removal.

NEWS RELEASE--February 10th, 2010 STAR, Inc. announced today that President Jerome Pearson was an invited participant in a panel discussion hosted by the FAA at the 13th Annual FAA/AIAA Commercial Space Transportation Conference in Arlington, Virginia. Mr. Pearson discussed the ramifications for space traffic management the use of maneuvering space vehicles for active debris removal.

NEWS RELEASE--November 20th, 2009 Star Technology and Research, Inc. of Mount Pleasant, SC announced today that it has been selected as a client company of SCLaunch. SCLaunch is a South Carolina organization franchised from the SC State Legislature to advance the cause of small businesses in South Carolina. www.sclaunch.org

NEWS RELEASE--February 17th, 2009 STAR, Inc. announced this week that, in light of the recent collision between an operational Iridium Satellite and the Russian Cosmos 2251, the danger of space debris to operational satellites has become critical. Something must be done immediately to begin cleaning up space, to make it safe for the world’s operational satellites. According to the International Academy of Astronautics and the Space Debris Office at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, the only viable method known for the removal for large debris objects is a roving vehicle based on the propellantless electrodynamic propulsion system of the Autonomous Orbit Transfer Vehicle (AOTV) of STAR, Inc. This vehicle concept was developed under funding from NASA and the Air Force, and under a spacecraft design program funded by DARPA to develop the AOTV into a practical system for debris removal. STAR, Inc. has demonstrated the orbit transfer algorithms necessary for debris removal, and has built and delivered hardware representative of an operational space debris removal vehicle, or “Space Garbage Truck.” STAR, Inc. is now ready to design, build, and fly a prototype vehicle as a secondary payload on rockets such as Atlas V, Delta IV. The entire spacecraft fits into a 0.4m x 0.4m x 1m (24”x 24”x 38”) volume and weighs only 100 kg (220 lb), but can move objects of a ton or more, such as the Cosmos satellite that collided with the Iridium satellite last Tuesday.  A low-cost fleet of such “Space Garbage Trucks” could clean up space in a few years, greatly reducing the chances of future collisions. AOTV could also be used to remove dead or failed satellites, or even bring them to the International Space Station for repair or recovery.

NEWS RELEASE--September 30th, 2008 Jerome Pearson today presented a paper before the 59th International Astronautical Congress in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. The title of the paper, IAC-08-A2.3.2, is “MARCUS: Moon and Mars Gravity in a LEO Satellite,” with co-authors Eugene Levin, Joe Carroll, and John Oldson. The paper describes a microsatellite consisting of twin capsules at the ends of a long, rotating tether, with length and mass such that one capsule duplicates Mars gravity and the other end duplicates lunar gravity. The capsules could be fitted with life support systems to investigate the long-term effects of Moon and Mars gravity on living organisms, including eggs, seeds, plants, and white rats. This will give invaluable data for the effects of long-term lunar gravity on astronauts working on the planned lunar base at the Moon’s South Pole. Using our propellantless electrodynamic propulsion system, the MARCUS satellite could change its orbit to provide simulated Moon and Mars radiation environments, and could also be used to drop the capsules on controlled re-entry trajectories with heatshields and parachutes, to recover the plants and animals for further study and comparison with control plants and animals on the ground.

NEWS RELEASE--September 9th, 2008 Jerome Pearson this week presented a paper at the AIAA Space 2008 Conference and Exposition, held at the San Diego Convention Center. The title of the paper, AIAA 2008-7689, is “LEO Mobility Vehicle for Space Situational Awareness,” with co-authors Eugene Levin and John Oldson. The paper describes our latest design for a maneuvering space vehicle that could examine close-up every object in low Earth orbit. It is powered by solar arrays driving a propellantless propulsion system that is capable of almost unlimited delta-V, or change in velocity. It is the only space vehicle capable of changing its orbit all the way from equatorial to polar, which takes 40% more delta-V than launching the vehicle from the ground into orbit.

NEWS RELEASE--June 3rd, 2007 Jerome Pearson this week presented an invited paper on lunar frontier transportation options at the Rutgers University Lunar Settlements Symposium. The options presented included lunar space elevators for transportation from Earth orbit to L1 and the lunar surface, and lunar tramways and microwave-paved highways for transportation from the lunar equator to the poles for lunar ice. Mr. Pearson was interviewed by Kevin Coglin of the New Brunswick, NJ Star Ledger, and the interviews were posted at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9608XRE-D0  http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft%3Aen-US&q=youtube+Jerome+Pearson.

NEWS RELEASE--May 28th, 2007 Jerome Pearson this week presented several invited papers to the International Space Development Conference in Dallas, Texas. The first paper covered the results of a STAR, Inc. study on high-payoff space tethers, and the second paper was “The Real History of the Space Elevator,” which covered the contributions of the two inventors of the space elevator, Yuri Artsutanov of St. Petersburg, Russia, and Jerome Pearson of Mount Pleasant, SC. A third paper described lunar frontier transportation options, and the fourth demonstrated that curbing greenhouse gas emissions will not halt global warming, and proposed a new space shield to reduce insolation and maintain the climate.

NEWS RELEASE--April 13th, 2007 Star Technology and Research, Inc. of Mount Pleasant, SC announced today that it has won a contract from the Air Force to design a high-altitude morphing aircraft that could cruise indefinitely at 65,000 feet altitude, using solar cells during the day and fuel cells at night to power its electric motor and pusher prop. The contract is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award for $749,945 and 24 months from the Air Vehicles Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB Ohio.

NEWS RELEASE--October 3rd, 2006 Jerome Pearson today presented two invited papers to the International Astronautical Congress in Valencia, Spain. The first paper covered the results of a STAR, Inc. study on high-payoff space tethers, and the second paper was “The Real History of the Space Elevator,” which covered the contributions of the two inventors of the space elevator, Yuri Artsutanov of St. Petersburg, Russia, and Jerome Pearson of Mount Pleasant, SC.

NEWS RELEASE--August 8th, 2006 The two inventors of the space elevator, Yuri Artsutanov of St. Petersburg, Russia, and Jerome Pearson of Mount Pleasant, SC, met today for the first time, in St. Petersburg, Russia. Mr. Pearson traveled to meet Mr. Artsutanov in preparation for his paper at an international conference this year. Yuri Artsutanov invented the space elevator in 1960, but did not publish a technical paper. His invention was only recognized by the spaceflight community when Jerome Pearson invented the concept independently and published in Acta Astronautica, an international spaceflight journal, in 1975. As a result of that publication, Sir Arthur Clarke wrote his novel, “The Fountains of Paradise,” and the idea received broad exposure, leading to the re-discovery of the Artsutanov work. Mr. Artsutanov is a retired materials engineer now living quietly with his wife Liudmilla in St. Petersburg.

NEWS RELEASE--June 9th, 2006 Star Technology and Research, Inc. of Mount Pleasant, SC announced today that it has won a contract from the Air Force for a study of the feasibility of a high-altitude morphing aircraft that could cruise indefinitely at 100,000 feet altitude, using solar cells during the day and fuel cells at night to power its electric motor and pusher prop. The contract is a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award for $99,577 and 9 months from the Air Vehicles Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB Ohio.

NEWS RELEASE--February 7th, 2006 Star Technology and Research, Inc. of Mount Pleasant, SC recently completed two research contracts with NASA and DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The NASA contract was with Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama, and dealt with the analysis and assessment of the payoffs from space tether concepts. The DARPA contract was a study of the Autonomous Orbit Transfer Vehicle (AOTV), a maneuvering space vehicle pioneered by STAR, Inc. and based on their new concept for propellantless space propulsion.