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USST Climber w/Payload tubes
This is the portion of the USST climber that actually grips the ribbon. On either side, you...
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Uploaded on Dec 29, 2008
Compressing the sandwich
In order to gradually and evenly increase the pressure on the 'sandwich', the USST team...
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Uploaded on Dec 28, 2008
Building the sandwich
Here USST continues to work on their new array support.
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Uploaded on Dec 28, 2008
The sandwich is complete
The sandwich is now complete and only requires some compression to ensure that the bonding agents hold properly.
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Uploaded on Dec 28, 2008
Building a new support for the photo-voltaic array
USST brought a climber to the competition, but took advantage of their 'ready' condition to try...
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Uploaded on Dec 28, 2008
Assembling UBC-Snowstar solar array
Work is in progress in assembling the solar array for the UBC-Snowstar entry. You can see the...
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Uploaded on Dec 28, 2008
USST Mobile laser setup
USST designed their laser system to be mobile and fit inside this cargo container. When...
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Uploaded on Dec 28, 2008
Space Elevator Toy
The E-T-C team brought this toy to the games - it was a hoot to watch. The box says it was...
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Uploaded on Dec 28, 2008
Race-course top
This device is what was suspended from the crane. The race-course ribbon was suspended from...
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Uploaded on Dec 28, 2008
Damper device
These devices (partially assembled) were used to help keep tension and dampen the the motion of the race-course ribbon.
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Uploaded on Dec 28, 2008
Akira Tsuchida
The guy in the center is Akira Tsuchida, the captain of the E-T-C (Earth Track...
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Uploaded on Dec 27, 2008
USST Captain
This is Clayton Ruszkowski, captain of the University of Saskatchewan Space Design Team (USST)....
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Uploaded on Dec 27, 2008
Assembling solar array support structure
The UBC team assembling the structure which would hold their photovoltaic cell array.
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Uploaded on Dec 27, 2008
UBC-Snowstar solar array - before assembly
The photovoltaic cells of the University of British Columbia (UBC) - Snowstar team's climber before it was assembled for the competition.
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Uploaded on Dec 27, 2008
Steel plates
These highway-repair plates, normally used to cover holes and cracks on roads so that...
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Uploaded on Dec 27, 2008
2007 Space Elevator Games
