A Business 2.0 article discussing profit generating opportunities in Outer Space. The Space Elevator is mentioned as a technology that would “…reduce orbital freight costs by 98 percent and open up space just as the railroads opened up the Wild West.”
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In the Newsletter, LiftPort’s Research Director Tom Nugent discusses “Space Elevator Ribbon: The Elastic Energy Problem.” The Newsletter can be found here.
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The Starclimber team discusses progress and hopes to have their first demo ready at the end of March.
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The Starclimber team considers looking for new worlds to conquer once this years Space Elevator competition is completed.
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The SpaceAlumni.com group has recently interviewed Dr. Bradley Edwards. The written transcript of the interview can be found here.
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The ColonyWorlds blog weighs in, favorably, on the concept of a Space Elevator and the most recent test from LiftPort.
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Public Radio’s Weekend America interviews LiftPort’s CEO, Michael Laine.
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LiftPort’s artist-in-residence, Nyein Aung, releases his latest creations here.
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In this Issue, LiftPort’s Executive VP - Media, Joe Julian, describes the “shocking” results from their latest test and discusses the chosen theme for the first Lift tickets. The Newsletter can be found here.
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Over at Anthonares, Anthony Kennedy discusses Liftport and their collaborative efforts with the Mars Society to build a ballon-borne relay.
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Thoughts on Liftport from the Velcro City Tourist Board.
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A CNNMoney.com / Business 2.0 article estimates the 2021 Space Elevator market size at $2 Billion / year.
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The Speculist comments on the positive effects of creating Prizes to spur development of technology.
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Over at Slashdot, ScuttleMonkey notes the recent successful LiftPort test.
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Article from NewScientistSpace discussing Liftport’s success in launching a mile-high tether and other, Space Elevator-related issues.
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Both SpaceRef.com and Seattle based dBusinessNews.com note the recent successful Liftport test. The SpaceRef.com article is here and the dBusiness News.com article is here.
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The official Liftport announcement, stating that they have successfully completed their “second round of preliminary tests of its high altitude platform and robotic lifters”. They were able to launch their platform a full mile into the air while their robotic climbers were able to climb more than 1,500 feet.
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The Starclimber team discusses the progress they are making…
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In the email announcement I received about the release of Liftport’s February, 2006 Technical Newsletter, there was also an announcement about a study which had been done by Nicola M. Pugno (available here) stating that, because of “inherent defects” in a Carbon Nanotube cable, it’s maximum strenght would be no more than approx. 35 GPa. If true, it’s a problem. But only if it’s true. Liftport has started a discussion forum on this subject here.
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