Daily Archives: April 7, 2009

San Diego Science Festival features working model of Space Elevator

Reader Chris Radcliff has sent me links to photos of a Space Elevator model which is being displayed at the San Diego Science Festival.  It looks like a lot of work has been put into this and I congratulate the builders on their effort.

Chris has this to say:

Here are a few early iPhone photos of the space elevator model at the Expo:

 
   
     
     

It was an incredibly busy day, with over 60,000 people estimated at the park. We had continuous crowds around the space elevator model, and Adrian talked about it continuously from 10:00am to 6:00pm. It was quite a hit!

I’ll send more photos (and a better write-up) when I’ve had some time to collect them up.

Cheers,
~chris

Thanks Chris!  And, on a personal note, having just shoveled out my driveway (again), the weather sure looks nice there!

(Click on any of the picture thumbnails to see the full-size version that Chris has hosted on Flickr)

Reminder – next Space Elevator chat coming Tuesday, April 7th

The fourth in the series of the Space Elevator Spring Chats, hosted by Marc Boucher at the Space Elevator Reference site, will be Tuesday, April 7th at 2:30pm – Eastern Time. This week I am honored to be Marc’s guest.

The topic: The International Space Elevator Consortium & other news.

You’ll have a chance to read my answers to Marc’s questions and you will have an opportunity to ask me questions yourself.  Find out what it’s like to be the Space Elevator Blogger! ?

I look forward to seeing all of you on Marc’s chat!