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Space Elevator Prizes Proposed

Posted by michael on from the up-up-and-away dept.

colonist writes "Space elevator proponents are planning competitions for space elevator technologies, similar to the Ansari X Prize. Elevator:2010 will organize annual competitions for climbers, ribbons and power-beaming systems. In other space elevator news, researcher Bradley C. Edwards recently left the Institute for Scientific Research to work at two companies on materials and technology. Also, the space elevator has caught the interest of Google's founders: 'At a space camp in Alabama last year, Brin talked about creating a space elevator to transport cargo up a special tether attached to earth. Also last year, Brin joined Page in proclaiming they should found a nanotech lab at Google.'"

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  1. Haha! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    And in other news, The RIAA has donated a large collection of hit music tracks to the prize pool.

  2. Re:This is one thing I'd like to see before I die. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    If movies have taught me anything, it's that the space elevator is the only thing in that list that won't stand a good chance of wiping us out.