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KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News:  Elevator to the Top: Space Elevators Climbing Towards Reality

DVICE Atom Feed:  Space elevator competition heats up, closer to reality

Tech Blog:  Space Elevators Closer to Reality

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RT 예전에 시즌 1을 보다가 이제 끝났나 했는데, 시즌2가 있어서 당황했던 기억이 나는군요..ㅋㅋㅋ @hiconcep: 건담 00 의 궤도 엘리베이터가 현실화 되나요? http://bit.ly/3nRaxw 29 days ago

Hope your cable doesn't snap RT @NextwaveRay: Elevator to the Top: Space Elevators Climbing Towards Reality | http://bit.ly/47tWJB 30 days ago

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Elevator to the Top: Space Elevators Climbing Towards Reality
KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News — The group LaserMotive successfully ran a climber up 1 kilometer of test cable at an average rate of just over 2 meters per second, qualifying for the 2nd place prize of $900,000 in The Space Elevator Games competition. The craft is powered by a stationary laser beaming the power to operate to the climber. (NASA MSFC, Artist Pat Rawling) (Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/11/elevator-to-the-top-space-elevators-climbing-towards-reality/)

Space elevator competition heats up, closer to reality
DVICE Atom Feed — ... ground, pointing up to a target on the craft, providing enough power for it to lift. There's still a long way to go, though. LaserMotive and two other teams — the Kansas City Space Pirates and the University of Saskatchewan Space Design Team — are all making progress toward winning first prize. Eventually, though, somebody has to figure out how to make a cable light enough and strong enough to span that 22,000 mile distance. Insert miracle here. Via Wired

Space Elevators Closer to Reality
Tech Blog — ... up 1 kilometer of test cable at an average rate of just over 2 meters per second." The $1.1-million first prize is still up for grabs -- has to climb at 5m/sec. Video after the break. Here's how they work: A satellite at geostationary orbit is anchored to the Earth at the equator by a long tether. This tether is then used to move payloads up and down the Elevator without the use of expensive chemical propellants or single-use launch vehicles. [via Wired]