Contest winner takes one small step toward a space elevator
A startup company from the Seattle area won $900,000 on Friday in a NASA contest to build a miniature prototype of a machine that could one day climb from Earth to outer... More »
SiliconValley.com - Nov. 7, 2009
Seattle team wins $900,000 in Space Elevator Games
David Bashford, lead of the LaserMotive team, prepaes their robotic climber entry in the $2 million Space Elevator Games at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards... More »
Chicago Daily Herald - Nov. 7, 2009
Winner in Contest Involving Space Elevator
A start-up company from the Seattle area won $900,000 on Friday in a NASA contest to build a miniature prototype of a machine that could one day climb from Earth to outer... More »
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Nov. 7, 2009
Next Stop, the Moon: Seattle Team Wins S
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. The... More »
MyFox Houston - Nov. 8, 2009
$900 000 prize for space lift
Los Angeles - A Seattle team has won $900 000 in a competition aimed at developing technology based on the science fiction concept of a space elevator.The team earned the... More »
News24.com - Nov. 7, 2009
Seattle team wins $900,000 in Space Elevator Games
LOS ANGELES - 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... More »
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Nov. 7, 2009
Seattle team wins $900,000 in Space Elevator Games
David Bashford, right, leader of the LaserMotive team, preparing their robotic climber entry in the $2 million Space Elevator Games at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center... More »
Wenatchee World - Nov. 7, 2009
Saturday science subject: Climbing up the space elevator
Arthur C. Clarke once famously said that the space elevator will be built about 10 years after everybody stops laughing. We're certainly getting there: as New Scientist... More »
Tech Report - Nov. 7, 2009
Going up no, really up
LOS ANGELES A Seattle team has collected a $900,000 prize in a NASA-backed competition to develop the concept of an elevator to space. The team's robotic machine raced up... More »
Denver Post - Nov. 8, 2009