{"id":1315,"date":"2009-11-04T20:29:01","date_gmt":"2009-11-05T01:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/?p=1315"},"modified":"2009-11-05T01:36:49","modified_gmt":"2009-11-05T06:36:49","slug":"lasermotive-one-happy-bunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/?p=1315","title":{"rendered":"LaserMotive &#8211; one happy bunch&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" width=\"151\" src=\"\/media\/LaserMotiveLogo.jpg\"  height=\"56\" style=\"width: 151px; height: 56px\" \/>As I noted in an update to my previous post, LaserMotive&#8217;s second climb was 1 second faster than their first one.\u00a0 So, right now the time to beat is 4 minutes, 1 second.\u00a0 Over (nominally) 900 meters, that works out to about 3.73 meters\/second.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/media\/2009SEGames\/04OV\/November_04_004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" width=\"200\" src=\"\/media\/2009SEGames\/04NOV\/tn_November_04_004.jpg\"  height=\"150\" style=\"width: 200px; height: 150px\" \/><\/a>What a great way to finish day 1 of the 2009 Space Elevator Games!<\/p>\n<p>I had a quick chat with some of the Kansas City Space Pirates and they expressed confidence that they have taken care of the problems that plagued them in their first go-round.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/media\/2009SEGames\/04OV\/November_04_005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" width=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/image\/2009SEGames\/04NOV\/tn_November_04_005.jpg\"  height=\"150\" style=\"width: 200px; height: 150px\" \/><\/a>And, let&#8217;s not forget that USST, the team that has performed the best in all previous competitions, has yet to make a run.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow promises to be an even more exciting day than today.\u00a0 Please tune in to <a href=\"http:\/\/live.spaceelevatorgames.org\/\">http:\/\/live.spaceelevatorgames.org<\/a> and watch and hear the action live!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/media\/2009SEGames\/04OV\/November_04_016.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" width=\"200\" src=\"\/media\/2009SEGames\/04NOV\/tn_November_04_016.jpg\"  height=\"150\" style=\"width: 200px; height: 150px\" \/><\/a>And, a few pictures of the winning team for you.\u00a0 The first two are of the LaserMotive team (all except\u00a0Dave Bashford)\u00a0who was out in the truck watching over their climber) while the third picture is of\u00a0Dave (on the right) with Ben Shelef (in the middle &#8211; CEO of the Spaceward Foundation &#8211; host of the Space Elevator Games) and Andy Petro &#8211; NASA&#8217;s person who is in charge of the NASA Centennial Challenge program.\u00a0 Andy will be handing out the check(s) during the prize ceremony (date\/time yet to be determined).<\/p>\n<p>Those first two pictures show the LaserMotive team being interviewed by Fox News.\u00a0 ABC, AP and some local press were also present.\u00a0 Look for LaserMotive to be on the news tonight!<\/p>\n<p>More pictures are on the official site of the Space Elevator Games (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.spaceelevatorgames.org\/\">http:\/\/www.spaceelevatorgames.org<\/a>).\u00a0 Click on the LIVE COVERAGE button on the top and then click on the LATEST PICS button on the right hand side.<\/p>\n<p>Again, congratulations LaserMotive &#8211; you&#8217;ve done us all proud!<\/p>\n<p><em>(Update &#8211; I mis-identified Dave Bashford as Carsten Erickson &#8211; sorry guys&#8230;)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I noted in an update to my previous post, LaserMotive&#8217;s second climb was 1 second faster than their first one.\u00a0 So, right now the time to beat is 4 minutes, 1 second.\u00a0 Over (nominally) 900 meters, that works out to about 3.73 meters\/second. 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