The Space Elevator Reference: Light Racers at the Spaceward Games 2007

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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Light Racers at the Spaceward Games 2007

One of the new events at the Spaceward Games this year was the Light Racers Championship.

Aimed at students, the teams compete in solving a real NASA lunar exploration problem: building a rover that can operate in a permanently shadowed area of the moon. Several teams competed and at last report at least one team won some of the prize money. These image and video are courtesy Ted Semon at the Space Elevator Blog.