Seattle Team Wins $900,000 In NASA-backed 'space Elevator' Competition In Mojave Desert (AP) LOS ANGELES (AP) - After three years without a winner in a NASA-backed competition to develop the science fiction space elevator... [read full story]
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Arthur C. Clarke once famously said that the space elevator will be built about 10 years after everybody stops laughing. We're certainly getting there: as New Scientist reports, NASA has awarded a $900,000 prize to a team that...
By John Antczak, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Photovoltaic panels, which convert laser light into electrical energy similar to solar panels, are seen on the bottom of the LaserMotive entry in the $2 million Space Elevator Games at the...
By JOHN ANTCZAK; Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES -- Powered by a ground-based laser pointed up at the robot's photo voltaic cells that converted the light into electricity, the LaserMotive machine completed one of its...
Los Angeles — A space elevator may not be rocket science but it can be just as complicated — and rewarding. After three years without a winner in a NASA-backed competition to develop the science fiction space elevator concept,...
LOS ANGELES -- Powered by a ground-based laser pointed up at the robot's photo voltaic cells that converted the light into electricity, the LaserMotive machine completed one of its climbs in about three minutes and 48 seconds,...
This handout photo from NASA shows David Bashford, right, lead of the LaserMotive team, preparing their robotic climber entry in the $2 million Space Elevator Games at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force...
LOS ANGELES – A Seattle team has collected a $900,000 prize in a NASA-backed competition to develop the concept of an elevator to space – an idea spurred by science fiction novels. Powered by a ground-based laser pointed up at...
November 7, 2009 By JOHN ANTCZAK , Associated Press Writer Enlarge This handout photo from NASA shows David Bashford, right, lead of the LaserMotive team, preparing their robotic climber entry in the $2 million Space Elevator...
Saturday, November 07, 2009 Nov. 4: Robotic climber entry in the $2 million Space Elevator Games at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. LOS ANGELES — A Seattle team has collected a $900,000...
This handout photo from NASA shows David Bashford, right, lead of the LaserMotive team, preparing their robotic climber entry in the $2 million Space Elevator Games at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force...
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