NASA Power Beaming Challenge is On For November 2nd

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday October 23, 2009 @08:43AM from the scott-me-up-beamie dept.

carstene writes "The NASA Centennial Challenge Powered Beaming competition, to develop technology for uses such as a space elevator, or to power a rover in a shadowed crater on the moon, was delayed indefinitely due to trouble setting up the kilometer-high race track. It has now had the kinks worked out and is rescheduled for the week of November 2nd. The competition involves using a high-power laser to beam power to a robot that climbs a kilometer-high cable attached to a helicopter. The competition was previously covered on Slashdot."

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Because The Wires Can Be Cut By Al-C.I.A.-da by Anonymous Coward · 2009-10-23 08:53 · Score: 0, Offtopic

In Afghan-Pakistan.
Remember, the Pentagon's budget (including non-line items) is U.S. $1,000,000,000,000 per year.
Years In Petrograd,
Kilgore T.
Allow me to elaborate... by Xaedalus · 2009-10-23 10:14 · Score: 1, Offtopic

WHOOSH
your understanding of Kilgore Trout needs some serious work. I'm thinking orders of magnitude

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