http://liftwatch.org/tiki-articles_rss.php Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:43:27 +0100 Tiki CMS/Groupware via FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://liftwatch.org//img/tiki.jpg http://liftwatch.org//tiki-view_articles.php en-us http://liftwatch.org//tiki-read_article.php?articleId=116 A Hoist to the Heavens (cache).
]]> Chris Campbell <&#99;&#104;&#114;&#105;&#115;&#64;&#108;&#105;&#102;&#116;&#119;&#97;&#116;&#99;&#104;&#46;&#111;&#114;&#103;> Thu, 11 Aug 2005 03:26:00 +0100 http://liftwatch.org//tiki-read_article.php?articleId=115 previous article, has announced this year's winners (cache).
]]> Chris Campbell <&#99;&#104;&#114;&#105;&#115;&#64;&#108;&#105;&#102;&#116;&#119;&#97;&#116;&#99;&#104;&#46;&#111;&#114;&#103;> Wed, 20 Jul 2005 15:37:00 +0100 http://liftwatch.org//tiki-read_article.php?articleId=114 Copper wires weigh a lot, so NASA is teaming up with Rice University to develop power cables out of carbon nanotubes to lighten the load in spacecraft. Not exactly elevator news but space and nanotubes at news.com (cache)."
]]> Chris Campbell <&#99;&#104;&#114;&#105;&#115;&#64;&#108;&#105;&#102;&#116;&#119;&#97;&#116;&#99;&#104;&#46;&#111;&#114;&#103;> Fri, 29 Apr 2005 08:14:00 +0100 http://liftwatch.org//tiki-read_article.php?articleId=113 LiftPort has finally announced plans to establish their own CNT manufacturing plant in Millville, New Jersey. Read the press release (cache) on business wire.
]]> Chris Campbell <&#99;&#104;&#114;&#105;&#115;&#64;&#108;&#105;&#102;&#116;&#119;&#97;&#116;&#99;&#104;&#46;&#111;&#114;&#103;> Mon, 25 Apr 2005 18:06:00 +0100 http://liftwatch.org//tiki-read_article.php?articleId=112 space elevator update (cache) article linking to some info on the recent 2005 Space Exploration Conference, which featured a fair amount of SE-related material. Blaise Gassend attends a lot of these conferences and once again has posted some great notes (cache) on his experience.
]]> Chris Campbell <&#99;&#104;&#114;&#105;&#115;&#64;&#108;&#105;&#102;&#116;&#119;&#97;&#116;&#99;&#104;&#46;&#111;&#114;&#103;> Sun, 10 Apr 2005 03:51:00 +0100 http://liftwatch.org//tiki-read_article.php?articleId=111 today signed a cooperative research and development agreement (cache) to collaborate on the development of ultra-strong fibers made of carbon nanotubes. CDI (cache) is Brad Edwards' start-up.
]]> Chris Campbell <&#99;&#104;&#114;&#105;&#115;&#64;&#108;&#105;&#102;&#116;&#119;&#97;&#116;&#99;&#104;&#46;&#111;&#114;&#103;> Fri, 08 Apr 2005 18:55:00 +0100 http://liftwatch.org//tiki-read_article.php?articleId=109 "NASA's first two Centennial Challenges (cache) competitions will involve the space elevator. NASA will announce the challenges (cache) with its partner, the Spaceward Foundation (cache), at Flight School '05 (cache)."
]]> Chris Campbell <&#99;&#104;&#114;&#105;&#115;&#64;&#108;&#105;&#102;&#116;&#119;&#97;&#116;&#99;&#104;&#46;&#111;&#114;&#103;> Wed, 23 Mar 2005 06:16:00 +0100 http://liftwatch.org//tiki-read_article.php?articleId=108 Fukuoka, Japan (cache). At last year's conference in Vancouver they had a couple of Space Elevator paper's, and this year they're looking for more. Abstracts can be submitted here (cache).
]]> Chris Campbell <&#99;&#104;&#114;&#105;&#115;&#64;&#108;&#105;&#102;&#116;&#119;&#97;&#116;&#99;&#104;&#46;&#111;&#114;&#103;> Wed, 16 Feb 2005 18:26:00 +0100 http://liftwatch.org//tiki-read_article.php?articleId=107 Motley fool just listed LPG as a "company to watch (cache)" regarding private, commercial space development... as you can imagine we are kinda pleased by that. :-) "
]]> Chris Campbell <&#99;&#104;&#114;&#105;&#115;&#64;&#108;&#105;&#102;&#116;&#119;&#97;&#116;&#99;&#104;&#46;&#111;&#114;&#103;> Tue, 11 Jan 2005 18:18:00 +0100 http://liftwatch.org//tiki-read_article.php?articleId=106 Clarke-Bradbury SF Competition for 2005 (cache) has been announced, and this year it has "space elevator" as a specific theme. Submission deadline is 25 February, 2005. Update 2004-12-14: The European Space Agency now has a page about this competition (cache).
]]> Chris Campbell <&#99;&#104;&#114;&#105;&#115;&#64;&#108;&#105;&#102;&#116;&#119;&#97;&#116;&#99;&#104;&#46;&#111;&#114;&#103;> Wed, 08 Dec 2004 23:38:00 +0100