The live coverage of the competition is now up and running.

It can be found at the new Space Elevator Games site.

 

 

 

 

 

 

And as always there is the Space Elevator Blog 

2009 team members

Rich Brull

Ravi Durgavathi

Terry Fredrick

Chad Hampy

Duane Johnson

Martin Lades

Dan Leafblad

Warren Moore

Frank Smith

Ryan Smith

Don Stowers

Brian Turner

 2007 Team Members

Rich Brull

Ravi Durgavathi

Terry Fredrick

Betty Gianessi

Frank Gianessi

Chad Hampy

Duane Johnson

Max King

Martin Lades

Dan Leafblad

Debbie Leafblad

Jeffrey Leafblad

Timothy Leafblad

Curt McMillin

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Smith

Eric Smith

Frank Smith

Brian Turner

2006 Team Members

Rich Brull

Terry Fredrick

Max King

Martin Lades 

Dan Leafblad

Debbie Leafblad

Jeffrey Leafblad

Timothy Leafblad

Curt McMillin

Clair Niles

Terri Niles

Brian Turner

Crystal Turner

Dick Turner  

Bitter Jester Creative, Inc, the official documentary crew of the Spaceward Games, is working on a full length documentary about the competition.

Here are a few clips from the project.

(click on the images to watch the video clips)

Project Overview

"This clip is just a snippet of the many complexities involved in the competition and serves as an introduction to both the visionary future and hard realities of this fast-paced and sometimes hazardous challenge."

Character Introduction

"This clip introduces some of the participants involved in the Spaceward Games and encompasses just a handful of people we have interviewed. Less a cohesive narrative and more a slice of the various personalities we will follow throughout our documentary, this piece is the first step in telling this incredible story."

Special thanks to Bitter Jester Creative for letting us share these videos.

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Diversity Model Aircraft 

Palinurus Books

Ethical Review Committee

WattMaster

The KC Space Pirates is a team entered in the 2008 Space Elevator games climber competition. The competition is put on by the Spaceward Foundation

NASA has put up a total of two million dollars in prize money!!

The competition is, in summary, a vertical drag race straight up a 1 kilometer cable. We must climb the cable with no fuel or batteries. The climbers are unmanned, and may only be powered by beamed energy. We did well last year but fell short of the money. The competition is developing technology to make it possible for everyone to go to space.

For more information visit Spaceward.org or visit their FAQ pages to learn more about the competition and the space elevator in general.