The Space Elevator Reference: Fifth Teams Qualifies for the Space Elevator Games and In the News

Climbers ascend a ribbon, 100,000 km long, strung between an anchor on Earth and a counterweight in space. Connecting Earth and space in a way never before possible, the space elevator will enable us to inexpensively and completely expand our society into space.

This site will serve as a reference tool for those interested in exchanging ideas on the scientific, engineering, economic and policy challenges inherent in constructing the solar system's first space elevator.

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Fifth Teams Qualifies for the Space Elevator Games and In the News

A fifth team, the University of Saskatchewan entry, has just qualified for Friday and Saturday's Space Elevator competion. Several more teams will atempt to qualify today however winds are stronger than hoped which is delaying the qualification of some teams.

In the news, the LA Times published "Space Elevator Visions Going Up" story today while over at Steve Kettman has published this story "Nowhere to Go But Up".