Space Elevator Challenge

MattSparkes writes "For the second year in a row, no team has won the $200,000 prize in the Space Elevator Challenge at the Wirefly X Prize Cup. Three teams were disqualified before the contest even started. Another competition at the event has been held up by confusion. Incredibly, it seems the organisers of the competition are not sure whether the ribbon used was 50 or 60 metres long, and whether any team completed the climb fast enough to win."

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Re:How could you do this now?

[OriginalArlen]

Son, I'm sorry to break it to you, but just because something can be imagined doesn't mean it can be built. Yes, Veronica, that means that science fiction is not necessarily a cast-iron guarantee of new technologies that will be invented real-soon-now. In fact when it comes to Space Elevators I'd bet every penny I have that they will never happen.

Now, turn that TV off and go and tidy your room.