# Space Elevator Contest (modeled on the X-Prize)

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-elevator-contest-modeled-on-the-x-prize/387202
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [January 8, 2007, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-elevator-contest-modeled-on-the-x-prize/387202 "2007-01-08T20:35:42Z")
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### Author: ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2007, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-elevator-contest-modeled-on-the-x-prize/387202/1 "2007-01-08T20:35:42Z")

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Details [here.](http://www.elevator2010.org/competition.html) Any engineers on the Dope who’d like to participate? Any who **have** participated?

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### Author: ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2007, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-elevator-contest-modeled-on-the-x-prize/387202/2 "2007-01-08T22:51:54Z")

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Like to? Yes.  
Have I? No.

I honestly don’t know a darn thing that would be helpful in an exercise like this. ☹

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### Author: ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2007, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-elevator-contest-modeled-on-the-x-prize/387202/3 "2007-01-09T07:57:46Z")

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[QUOTE=zoid]  
Like to? Yes.  
Have I? No.

I honestly don’t know a darn thing that would be helpful in an exercise like this. ☹  
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How about the phrase, “Don’t look down.”? 😉