Space Elevator Games update

I talked with Ken Davidian of NASA’s Centennial Challenges program this morning and because of some logistical issues they won’t be able to have any of the microwave-powered climbers operate at the airport. Instead, they’ll head later in the day back to the county fairgrounds, several miles to the west where the qualifying runs took place, to run those climbers. They are going to try and get as many of the solar-powered climbers to run at the Cup this morning, before winds are forecast to pick up this afternoon. This means they may not be able to declare a winner in the beamed power competition before the Cup ends late this afternoon.