[note: due to ITAR restrictions, much of the work we do now cannot be released publicly. However, we will continue to post publications that have been approved for public release.]

• Reduction of Trapped Energetic Particle Fluxes in Earth And Jovian Radiation Belts, Final Report on NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts Phase I Project, 1 July 2007.
• Remediation of Radiation Belts Using Electrostatic Structures, 2005 IEEE Aerospace Conference
• Technology Demonstrator of a Standardized Deorbit Module Designed for CubeSat and RocketPod Applications, SmallSat 2005 paper SSC05-XI-4
• Analysis of the Interaction of Space Tethers with Catalogued Space Objects, JPC 2005 paper.
• Space Tethers: Lessons from Developing "Revolutionary" Technologies, Keynote presentation at 2004 NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts Annual Meeting.
• Momentum-Exchange/Electrodynamic-Reboost (MXER) Tether Technologies for Low-Cost In-Space Orbit Transfer, JANNAF 2004 paper.
• A Modular Momentum-Exchange/Electrodynami-Reboost Tether System Architecture, AIAA paper 2003-5214
• The Multi-Application Survivable Tether (MAST) Experiment, AIAA Paper 2003-5219
• The RETRIEVE Microsatellite Tether Deorbit Experiment, AIAA Paper 2002-3893
• The µTORQUE Momentum Exchange Tether Experiment, STAIF 2002.
• Moon & Mars Orbiting Spinning Tether Transport (MMOSTT) Final Report (13.1 MB PDF File) Final Report on NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts Contract 07600-034, September 18, 2001.
• "Stabilization of Electrodynamic Tethers", STAIF 2002.
• "Tether Systems for Satellite Deployment and Disposal", IAF Paper 00-S.6.04, 51st International Astronautical Congress, 2-6 Oct 2000, Rio de Janiero, Brazil. (Adobe PDF file)
• "The Terminator Tether: Autonomous Deorbit of LEO Spacecraft for Space Debris Mitigation", AIAA Paper 00-0329, 38th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Conference January 2000. (Adobe PDF file)
• MMOSTT Interim Report (6.8 MB Adobe PDF File) Interim Report on NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts Contract 07600-034, July 31, 2000.
• "Design and Simulation of a Tether Boost Facility for LEO->GTO Payload Transport", AIAA Paper 2000-3866, 36th Joint Propulsion Conference, July 2000. (Adobe PDF file)
• "Commercial Development of a Tether Transport System", AIAA Paper 2000-3842, 36th Joint Propulsion Conference, July 2000. (Adobe PDF file)
• "Design and Simulation of a Tether Boost Facility for The HASTOL Architecture", AIAA Paper 2000-3615, 36th Joint Propulsion Conference, July 2000. (Adobe PDF file)
• "The Cislunar Tether Transport System Architecture", 2nd Lunar Development Conference, July 2000. (Adobe PDF file)
• "Rapid Interplanetary Tether Transport", IAF Paper 99-A.5.10 50th International Astronautical Congress, Oct 1999. (Adobe PDF file)
• "Cislunar Tether Transport System", AIAA Paper 99-2690, 35th Joint Propulsion Conference, June 1999. (Adobe PDF file)
• "MERITT: Mars-Earth Rapid Interplanetary Tether Transport System - Initial Feasibility Study," R.L. Forward and G. Nordley, AIAA Paper 99-2151 (Adobe PDF File)
• "Design of a Tether Boost Facility for the Human Mars Mission," R.P. Hoyt,(507K Adobe PDF File)
• Hypersonic Airplane Space Tether Orbital Launch System AIAA Paper 99-4802 (340K Adobe PDF File).
• "The Terminator Tether™: A Low-Mass System for End-of-Life Deorbit of LEO Spacecraft," R.L. Forward, R.P. Hoyt, C. Uphoff, Tether Technical Interchange Meeting, Huntsville, AL Sept 10 1997.
• "Performance of the Terminator Tether for Autonomous Deorbit of LEO Spacecraft", AIAA Paper 99-2839, 35th Joint Propulsion Conference, June 1999. (Adobe PDF file)
• "Failsafe Multistrand Tether SEDS Technology", R.P. Hoyt, R.L. Forward,4th International Conference on Tethers in Space, Washington, DC, April 1995.
• "Failsafe Multiline Hoytether Lifetimes", R.L. Forward, R.P. Hoyt, AIAA paper 95-289031st AIAA/SAE/ASME/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, San Diego, CA, July 1995.
• High Strength-to-Weight Tapered Hoytether for LEO-GEO Payload Transport, Final Report on NAS8-40690 SBIR 95-1 Phase I Research Study. (Proprietary)
• Failsafe Multistrand Tether SEDS Technology Demonstration, Final Report on NAS8-40545 SBIR 94-1 Phase I Research Study. (Proprietary)
• Failsafe Multistrand Tethers for Space Propulsion, Forward Unlimited, NAS8-39318 SBIR 91-1 Phase I Research Study.(Proprietary)
• "Tether Transport from Sub-Earth-Orbit to the Moon... And Back!," R.P. Hoyt and R.L. Forward, 1997 International Space Development Conference, Orlando Fl, May 1997.
• "LEO-Lunar Tether Transport System", AIAA Paper 97-2794, 33rd Joint Propulsion Conference, 1997.
• "Tether Transport from LEO to the Lunar Surface", R.L. Forward, AIAA Paper 91-2322, 27th Joint Propulsion Conference, 1991.