Space Elevator

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Frank La Vigne (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

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Nanotube Scale Weighs One Atom at a Time [Nanotechnology]

Gizmodo (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

Yesterday we got a peak at the combined power of nanotubes—technology that makes a rope-driven space elevator feasible—but what can just one do on its own? Berkeley researchers have...

Noted: Microsoft not building space elevator

ActiveWin.com Headlines (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

People reading Saturday's P-I may have noticed that Microsoft was the host of the 2008 Space Elevator Conference over the weekend. As explained by P-I reporter Tom Paulson, the three-day event was devoted to the concept of developing a system, possibly based on a carbon-nanotube ribbon, for lifting cargo and, potentially, people into space. The natural question: What is Microsoft's involvement in...

• Noted: Microsoft not building space elevator - Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog

Japanese Team Creates Working Space Elevator... Made of Lego Blocks [Space Elevator]

Gizmodo (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008

For those of you who know what a space elevator is, you also know how difficult (some would say impossible) it will be to create one. Well, don't tell that to the starry-eyed guys in Redmond this...

There's no stairway to heavens? Take the elevator

Seattle Pos (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008

Scientists, engineers and others devoted to the creation of a space elevator are meeting this weekend at Microsoft to consider advances in technology they think could make this fictional concept a reality.

Space Elevator Conference Underway

The Space Elevator Reference (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008

Today was the first day of the 2008 Space Elevator Conference in Redmond, Washington at the Microsoft Conference Centre. I spoke with Brad Edwards briefly today who informed me there was a good crowd assembled this morning, most likely at...

Going Up: Slow Progress on 'space Elevator'

PC World (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008

Conference speakers discuss the concept of a "space elevator" that would take passengers into space.

Will the space elevator rise?

Cosmic Log (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008

If space elevators work out the way the idea's advocates hope, sending payloads into orbit would become as routine as, say, sending a shipment on a freight train - except that the train would travel straight up for hundreds or thousands of miles, powered by laser beams. But will such a "railroad to the sky" ever be built? That's the big question hanging over the Space Elevator Conference taking place...

Space Elevator Reference Volunteers Needed

The Space Elevator Reference (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008

This coming weekend is the 2008 Space Elevator Conference being held at the Microsoft Conference Center in Redmond, WA. I'm hoping to attend at least part of the conference, Saturday afternoon through Sunday. However because of family commitments I am...

REVIEW: Mirrored Heavens by David J. Williams

SF Signal (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008

MY RATING : Mirrored Heavens is author David J. Williams' attempt to marry cyperpunk and techno-thrillers in a near future Earth setting. In 2110, terrorists from Autumn Rain destroy the Phoenix space elevator and set the world superpowers on a collision course for all out war. In the run up, two-man special ops teams attempt to find Autumn Rain and stop them before the cold war turns hot. While a...

LaserMotive Announces Successful Completion of Drive System Endurance Test for Company's Entry in the 2008 Space Elevator Games

Business Wire (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LaserMotive, an independent research and development company specializing in laser power beaming technology, today announced that it has successfully tested its

The Space Elevator

MilkandCookies.com (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008

The Space Elevator will reduce the cost of getting from earth to space. It will also allow us to take very large payloads into space very easily, very safely. Because of that, we can build cities on the moon. We can build space stations. We can build large solar arrays in space to collect energy from the sun and beam it down to earth. How would space elevator affect the average person? Through for...

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EDSBS (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008

Perhaps we should scale back our plans for a fifth home with custom space elevator. Rich Rodriguez–or someone on his behalf–will pay West Virginia University the entire sum of $4 million dollars in damages related to his departure for Michigan this past January. The deal allegedly specifies how much Rodriguez will pay, and how much [...]

Space Elevator Conference

MSDN Blogs (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008

They do have Space Elevator Conference , complete with a blog ! Looks like MSR is participating too (Microsoft employees gets discount - just $225 for a ride of, uhm..., armchair presentations, for now).