Space Elevator Games – year 2
Sue hasn’t mentioned the Space Elevator Games yet this year so here goes nothing. The second year of the Space Elevator games can be described simply as impressive. The games are divided into two competitions: 1) tether strength and 2) climbing a tether. No one took home the cash ($200k) in either of the two competitions this year, though one team only missed the money on the climbing comp by a couple of seconds. The competition will heat up a bit next year as they raise the purse to $500,000.
The competition, which started last year, is planned to be an annual event until 2010.