News tagged with space elevator
Giant nets could remove orbiting space junk
A dozen space vehicles, equipped with 200 nets each, could scoop up the space debris floating in low Earth orbit, clearing the way for a future space elevator. That’s the idea described last Friday at the ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 17, 2010 |
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Seattle team wins $900,000 in Space Elevator Games
(AP) -- A Seattle team has collected a $900,000 prize in a NASA-backed competition to develop the concept of an elevator to space - an idea spurred by science fiction novels.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 07, 2009 |
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Success in 'space elevator' competition (Update 3)
(AP) -- A robot powered by a ground-based laser beam climbed a long cable dangling from a helicopter on Wednesday to qualify for prize money in a $2 million competition to test the potential reality of the ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 05, 2009 |
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The naked truth about our landscape
Australia has been stripped bare of vegetation to expose the surface that lies beneath.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Rotating Space Elevator Propels its Own Load
(PhysOrg.com) -- The idea of the space elevator just got a little crazier. While the “traditional” concept involved using rocket propulsion or laser light pressure to propel loads up a cable anchored to Earth, ...
May 21, 2009 |
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Long, Stretchy Carbon Nanotubes Could Make Space Elevators Possible
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from Cambridge University have developed a light, flexible, and strong type of carbon nanotube material that may bring space elevators closer to reality. Motivated by a $4 million ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 23, 2009 |
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