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Power Beaming/Climber Competition Setup
added on 06 Nov 2009
The setup for the 2009 Space Elevator Games Climber/Beam Power competition is already happening, with the main event starting tomorrow.Payload... - The Space Elevator BlogCurrent Status (11/1) from Space Elevator Games: Completed first day of setup at Dryden, and all is well. First games day is W...
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Power Beaming/Climber Competition Setup
posted to The Launch Pad on 04 Nov 2009
The setup for the 2009 Space Elevator Games Climber/Beam Power competition is already happening, with the main event starting tomorrow.Payload... - The Space Elevator BlogCurrent Status (11/1) from Space Elevator Games: Completed first day of setup at Dryden, and all is well. First games day is W...
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Space Elevator repair man has arrived. Going up!
posted to The Great Beyond on 05 Nov 2009
After years of disappointment (for me, anyway) the Space Elevator Games has got a winner! Yes, NASA will have to open its purse and pay up. To recap: the Space Elevator Games is a competition supported by the Spaceward Foundation with cash prizes donated by NASA. It’s all about making a space e...
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Power-beamers rise again
posted to Cosmic Log on 03 Nov 2009
Spaceward Foundation Contestants in the Power Beaming Challenge will be required to send light-poweredrobots up a kilometer-long cable. The challenge has gotten harder every year. Just as one million-dollar-plus contest for high-tech innovators winds down, another revs up: The $2 million...
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Laser-Powered Robot Climbs to Victory in the Space-Elevator Contest | 80beats
posted to The Loom on 07 Nov 2009
A laser-powered robot took a climb up a cable in the Mohave Desert in Wednesday, and pushed ahead the sci-fi inspired notion of a space elevator capable of lifting astronauts, cargo, and even tourists up into orbit. The robot, built by LaserMotive of Seattle, whizzed up 2,953 feet (nearly 1 kilom...
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