LaserMotive’s laser-beaming powered robot climber ascends the 3,000-foot cable suspended from a helicopter at the Space Elevator Games. The real thing, big enough to carry passengers in their own cabins, might take a day or two to get into space. But with no gravity stresses to speak of.
UPDATE: The games are over and LaserMotive won $900K. The big prize, however, is still out there.
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Laser light. Where a killowatt equals roughly 1.3 horsepower, or about a quarter the thrust of a modern push lawn mower. What for? Preparing for the power beaming competition in the 2007 Space Elevator games. Beam transport for a space elevator. It ain’t rocket science.
Via the Space Elevator Blog
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