Daily Archives: June 26, 2009

Testing Results

Over at the official website of the Space Elevator Games, blogger (and head of the Spaceward Foundation, host of the Games, and author of The Space Elevator Feasibility Condition) Ben Shelef has been detailing the testing results from last week.

He has the results of the LaserMotive tests here and the results of the Kansas City Space Pirates tests here and here.

If you haven’t been following Ben’s website, you really should be.  It is THE definitive source for information about the Space Elevator Games.  Put it into your RSS reader – you won’t regret it…

KC Space Pirates to appear on the Science Channel

I received this email from Brian Turner, captain of the Kansas City Space Pirates:

Tomorrow night we are supposed the be on the Science Channel. Exodus Earth series Exoplanet episode. According to the guide on my TV it airs at 4 pm CST. They seem to be rerunning the episodes many times, so it is confusing if you are watching the first run or a previous episode.

http://science.discovery.com/tv-schedules/series.html?paid=48.15013.125384.36201.4

I have not seen this so I have no idea what to expect.

Brian Turner

The blurb for the show reads as follows:

In his hardest mission, Basil Singer plans a journey to Gliese 581c – a planet round a distant sun. To power him there within a human lifetime, he investigates space sails and nuclear bombs. He finds that the ‘second earth’ might have purple trees.

No mention of a Space Elevator, but as they’re talking about alternatives to rockets, it is plausible that at least a mention of a Space Elevator will be made – hopefully more.

The ‘Tomorrow night” Brian is speaking of is tonight, Friday, June 26th.  According to the listings, however, this show is appearing a few times on the Science Channel, so you should have a chance to watch or TIVO it.  As they say, check your local listings…