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Space Elevator Challenge

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the a-dismal-flop dept.

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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  1. Other end? by ThePhilips · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Can anyone enlighten me how that thing supposed to work?

    We fasten one end on ground and second end is fastened... where???

    And what about Earth rotation?

    [sarcasm] Which TV show the people pursuing that idea watched too much? [/sarcasm] I cannot recall a show which had advertised that idea. I still think that normal elevator - a-la tower - is much saner idea and can be achieved easier, since it doesn't depend on another end. I think it is more feasible idea compared to super strong tether. Though I was already flamed twice on /. for such opinions. Apparently the TV show was too good.

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