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ESA Announces Space Elevator Sci-Fi Contest

Posted by michael on from the beanstalk dept.

Neil Halelamien writes "The European Space Agency has announced the 2005 Clarke-Bradbury International Science Fiction competition. For the competition, the ESA's Innovative Technologies from Science Fiction for Space Applications (ITSF) project is accepting short stories and artwork which incorporates or depicts a space elevator in some way. The competition is open to members of all nations, with a submission deadline of February 25, 2005. Winners and runners-up in each category will receive $600 and $300 respectively, with winning entries appearing in an upcoming book on the space elevator."

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  1. Building it... by tsa · · Score: 2, Informative

    will not be the problem I think, but producing so much high-quality carbon nanotubes will be a real challenge.

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