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2009-11-08

Co-worker's Team wins $900k from NASA 

Seattle team wins $900,000 in Space Elevator Games - Yahoo! News:

David Bashford is one of my co-workers at the toothbrush lab. In is off hours he's been building a climber(s) and support systems for LaserMotive LLC to compete in one of NASA's Centennial Challenges.

This past week they were the only team who's laser beam powered climber made it to the top of a kilometer long cable suspended from a helicopter. Their climber went fast enough to earn $900k out of the $2 million prize money.

# posted by TomS : 11:34 AM
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