Seattle team wins $900,000 in Space Elevator Games

Seattle team wins $900,000 in Space Elevator Games

For the first time since the contest was started four years ago, a team has won the $900,000 prize to demonstrate a vehicle that is able to climb a 1-kilometre-long cable (suspended from a helicopter), powered only by a ground-based laser. Two other finalists, one from the US and the other from Canada were unable to complete the climb.