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Elevating space

Posted on October 22, 2006 | Comments Off on Elevating space

Getting a few hits today from people looking for Space Elevator news from Las Cruces. Not a lot to tell, except that the tether and crawler competitions didn’t amount to much: "Saturday’s Space Elevator Games…showed that they are still a long way off."

Ted Semon has the latest:

"The Tether Challenge ended just about a half-hour ago and NASA’s Prize money for the Tether Challenge is safe for another year."

Alas. 

UPDATE  It wasn’t all a bust. The crawler of the University of Saskatchewan Space Design Team (USST) made the fastest ascent (just not quite fast enough) and is expected to do better next year.

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The space elevator games

Posted on October 19, 2006 | Comments Off on The space elevator games

Ted Semon’s informative blog is the best way to keep up with the entrants preparing their crawlers for the games that start tomorrow in Las Cruces. University of Michigan, Germans, Canadians. They look like toys, but proof of concept is the aim.

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Let the games begin

Posted on October 17, 2006 | Comments Off on Let the games begin

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Just three days to the opening of the Space Elevator games in Las Cruces, NuMex, where we can hope to see some new improvements in the technology that ain’t rocket science but presents challenges and opportunities of its own–and the promise of a smooth, no-pressure ride into the black. /image by Christian Science Monitor

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Elevating

Posted on July 17, 2006 | Comments Off on Elevating

 Having some trouble trying to coax a photo into this entry. Will try again later. It’s about the only kind of elevator I find exciting, one that I’ll be checking in on now and then.

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