Notes From 3rd Annual Space Elevator Conference

colonist writes "The Space Elevator: 3rd Annual International Conference was held recently. Blaise Gassend, a PhD student at MIT, took notes. The main obstacle is still the material: transferring the strength of the nanotube to the ribbon. Other topics include: the nanotube tether Centennial Challenge; Elevator 2010, a challenge for a 250 kg climber to climb a 16 km tether; objections and refinements to Bradley Edwards' design; non-equatorial space elevators; replacing the term 'space elevator' with 'space bridge'; testing the space elevator material on cable cars; science; defense and economics."

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Great

[mboverload]

I sure hope their wont be a floor for the earths center, cause thats where you'll be goin if you fall off.

Re:Unfortunately

[foniksonik]

Luckily with the movie, I Robot coming out Will Smith will dispell any doubts as to how robots will handle all those problems for you....