2008 space elevator compilation number

2008 Space Elevator Compilation Number 2

Here are a few links related to the Space Elevator Games:

The Space Elevator Reference notes that their SpaceRef On Orbit

service includes a Space Elevator forum. One of the contributers will

be Ben Shelef from the Spaceward Foundation that runs the games. Other

Space Elevator notables will also contribute. Here's the forum and

here's a post to get things rolling from the SE Reference's Mark

Boucher.

By the way, I already posted about the Space Elevator Games press

release a couple days ago, but here's an article on it from On Orbit,

just so you can get a sample of that new service.

Universe Today also has a discussion about the Spaceward plans.

Meanwhile, the Space Elevator Blog has a post on the machine that

tests the strength of the tethers in the Tether Challenge.

Finally, I already linked to this RLV News post because it fit in with

a different topic I was writing about, but it also fits in with this

post, so it gets another one. One of the items in the post is about

carbon nanotubes, which are (so the scientists and engineers tell me)

probably the way to go in the advanced stages of the Tether Strength

challenge.

Update (Jan 20): Here are a few more Space Elevator links:

The Space Elevator Blog explains a technical mistake related to tether