{"id":815,"date":"2007-10-19T13:38:15","date_gmt":"2007-10-19T18:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/?p=815"},"modified":"2007-10-19T13:38:15","modified_gmt":"2007-10-19T18:38:15","slug":"2007-space-elevator-games-entry-47","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/?p=815","title":{"rendered":"2007 Space Elevator Games – (Entry 47)"},"content":{"rendered":"

No one ran at 11:00.\u00a0 The KC Space Pirates were out there and ready to go, but the wind picked up to about 24 mph, more than the Space Pirates were willing to risk.\u00a0 As their captain, Brian Turner, told me, “I’m a brave man, but 24mph is more than I’m willing to chance.”<\/p>\n

Let’s hope for a climb at 12:00.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, here are a few shots of the venue today.<\/p>\n

<\/a>One of the “almost-made-its” was the Michael Harvey’s Andromeda Connection.\u00a0 He brought his climber to the show to demonstrate the technology he was using to build his competition entrant.\u00a0 This is a thumbnail of his entrant.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>Here is a thumbnail of Dr. Brad Edwards using a meter to accurately measure the length of the competition ribbon.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>Posters and signs are on display throughout the venue.\u00a0 Here’s a closeup of one of them.<\/p>\n

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<\/a><\/a>There is also also a small “forest” of signs which explain about the technology, applications, etc.\u00a0 Here’s a shot of the “forest” and one of the “trees”.<\/p>\n

As always, click on the thumbnails for a larger version of the picture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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