Daily Archives: July 31, 2009

Climber / Power-Beaming competition update

Over at the official website of the Space Elevator Games, the CrazyEddieBlogger (aka Spaceward CEO Ben Shelef), reviews the status of where we are at.

Simply put; “…the helicopter flight was not successful in maintaining constant tension or position, which resulted in a safety device dropping the line.”

This is being addressed and as soon as an agreed-upon plan has been put together to solve the helicopter flight issues and a new schedule created, we’ll let everyone know.

In the meantime, stay tuned to this blog for the latest updates and all the space-elevator related news…

Asia’s first Space Elevator Competition to be held next weekend

On August 8th and 9th, at the Nihon University Department of Science and Engineering at Kanagawa University, the first JSETEC (Japan Space Elevator Technical & Engineering Competition) competition will be held.  This event is hosted by the Japan Space Elevator Association.

From the event Press Release:

Participants will compete to see whose battery-powered Climber is the fastest to ascend the 50mm wide 150m long tether which is elevated by a helium-filled balloon.

8 teams are scheduled to compete and it looks like it will be a lot of fun.

For more details, check out the Press Release or visit their website.