{"id":768,"date":"2007-10-14T16:04:13","date_gmt":"2007-10-14T21:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/?p=768"},"modified":"2015-08-19T13:10:36","modified_gmt":"2015-08-19T19:10:36","slug":"2007-space-elevator-games-14oct07-entry-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/?p=768","title":{"rendered":"2007 Space Elevator Games &#8211; (Entry 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"width: 108px; height: 53px;\" src=\"\/media\/Elevator2010Logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"108\" height=\"53\" \/>It&#8217;s Sunday.\u00a0 I arrived in town last night.\u00a0 3 teams arrived at the competition site yesterday (Kansas City Space Pirates, USST and UBC-Snowstar).\u00a0 E-T-C arrived a little while ago, so we now have 4 teams on site.\u00a0 We are expecting 4 more; &#8220;McGillWorks&#8221; (a partnership between the McGill team and Punkworks), Centaurus, LaserMotive and the the Technology Tycoons (formerly LiteWon).<\/p>\n<p>So we should have 8 teams competing in the Climber \/ Power-Beaming competition.\u00a0 2 will be laser powered (LaserMotive and USST), two will be Microwave powered (McGillWorks and Centaurus), 3 will be solar-powered (Technology Tycoons, Kansas City Space Pirates and UBC-Snowstar) and one will be spotlight powered (E-T-C).\u00a0 In addition, I&#8217;m told that Centaurus may also compete as a solar-powered team.<\/p>\n<p>We also have two tether teams coming; Astroaraneae (last year&#8217;s champion) and MIT.\u00a0 I imagine we won&#8217;t be seeing them until later in the week.\u00a0 If they show up earlier, I&#8217;ll be sure and blog about it.<\/p>\n<p>So, lots of options &#8211; lots of technology on display.<\/p>\n<p>The venue is wonderful, far better than we had last year.\u00a0 The two buildings being used for &#8220;Climber Row&#8221; and the Light Racer games are large, solid structures with very high ceilings.\u00a0 Lots of windows, lots of power outlets, lots of Internet outlets.\u00a0 In addition, we&#8217;ll have an &#8220;Office building&#8221; for the press and for Spaceward and for team meetings.<\/p>\n<p>Right now the weather is beautiful, about 70 degrees with a blue sky.\u00a0 The mountains in the background make a wonderful backdrop.\u00a0 I hope it doesn&#8217;t rain, though.\u00a0 There are a lot of dirt and grass areas and things could get muddy if they do.<\/p>\n<p>So, if you haven&#8217;t decided whether or not you want to come, I urge you to do so &#8211; it should be a great show.\u00a0 We have lots of sophisticated technology and teams.\u00a0 The video (the first of many videos and pictures to be posted by yours truly) is a panoramic view of the competition area.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"14OCT07 - Panoramic shot of competition area\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zVFphUGnYQc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re open to the public for the finals; October 19th, 20th and 21st.\u00a0 Come one, come all &#8211; it&#8217;s the 2007 Space Elevator Games!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Sunday.\u00a0 I arrived in town last night.\u00a0 3 teams arrived at the competition site yesterday (Kansas City Space Pirates, USST and UBC-Snowstar).\u00a0 E-T-C arrived a little while ago, so we now have 4 teams on site.\u00a0 We are expecting 4 more; 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