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Canadians Vie for Space Elevator Victory

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the to-the-moon-alice dept.

unc0nn3ct3d writes to mention a CBC article about some plucky Canadian teams planning to go for NASA's space elevator challenge. From the article: "Teams based in Saskatoon, Vancouver, Edmonton and Toronto are among thousands of space enthusiasts expected to converge on a desert site in Las Cruces, N.M., on Friday and Saturday for the X-Prize Cup, a festival mounted by the X-Prize Foundation ... The competitors are gearing up for the Spaceward Foundation's Space Elevator Challenge, which requires them to surmount technical obstacles in the development of a new type of vehicle that would take people and cargo from Earth into space."

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  1. Doesn't mention bringing them back though... by Channard · · Score: 5, Funny

    'Hey, how come there's no 'call space elevator' button at this end of the space station?'

  2. Welll..... by MrAnnoyanceToYou · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you lived next to 300 million Americans, you'd want off this stupid rock too.

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  3. Re:So......when will it be? by kbox · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not long, There are only three.. Earth, Menswear and space.

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  4. Canadians will lead the way by duh+P3rf3ss3r · · Score: 5, Funny

    'Cause if there's one thing Canadians are good at, it's getting an entire carload of people high.

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