Space Elevator Blog, E-T-C, and Trumpf
The Space Elevator Blog has a detailed interview with laser supplier
Trumpf. They're in the business of (among other things of course)
helping the Space Elevator Games laser teams. The post goes into some
ideas on how a laser source could be designed to work at the distances
and with the focus needed at altitudes relevant to a Space Elevator.
The discussion suggests a third Space Elevator Games challenge -
cooling the beam power receiver in the vacuum of space.
The details of what Trumpf is offering to the teams are also
discussed.
The blog also has a post on a video of E-T-C, one of the beam power
teams. It looks like they must have stopped off at in New Mexico at
the space museum along the way?
Posted by Ray at 5:28 PM
Labels: Beam Power
Unreasonable Post Trio
Unreasonable Rocket shows us the damage from the last crash of the
helicopter, then restarts flights, and finally endures rain delays
just like the giant rockets.
Posted by Ray at 5:12 PM
Labels: Lunar Lander Challenge, Unreasonable Rocket
Political Links
Since this site does occasionally cover politics as it pertains to
space prizes (for example, see the Politics tag below for other posts
related to politics, and the Politics section on the right), I thought
I'd follow the lead of Action for Space in this political season in
the U.S. and add some relevant links on the right. These include email
contacts for Presidential candidates in a new "Political Contacts"
section and links to a couple of prize-related bills in the "Politics"
section. I won't comment on the specifics of candidates or bills now
(I have, however, discussed some of them in past posts). To keep
neutral the candidate lists are in alphabetical order.
Of course emails and phone calls, while convenient, aren't the most
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