Teams to take another crack at space elevator | CNET News.com
Teams to take another crack at space elevator | CNET News.com
Space travel doesn’t spring to mind when thinking of climate change that we see everyday but there’s alot of CO being pumped into the air for each launch. I do agree we must get into space cheaply and safely to put those things we need up there like a solar power plant (just an idea I’ve had). In the article it talks about remotely powering the elevator, if we can do that why not some solar panels to give us some clean power.
Now, another round of 20 teams will try to win $500,000 from the space agency for building a robotic climber that can hoist itself up on a thin carbon tether, under its own power source, 100 meters within 50 seconds.
…The Spaceward Foundation, the nonprofit group that organizes the space elevator competition, said Tuesday that its third annual contest will be held October 19 to 21 in Salt Lake City.
…To compete in the space elevator competition, teams must race a climber that’s powered by beams of energy from the ground, rather than fuel or batteries.
…The Spaceward Foundation also said that this year it will host a Light Racers Championship, which calls on kids and young adults to design and build a beam-powered lunar rover.
…”Reaching out to the scientists and engineers of the future is the most important thing we can do,” Meekk Shelef, president of the Spaceward Foundation, said in a statement.
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