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Published online 19 October 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2007.180
Updated online: 22 October 2007

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Space elevators: going up?

Competition could pave the way for space technologies.

Hold the doors please: teams are scrambling in Utah this weekend to prove that their technologies are the best if you want to get to space in an elevator. The 2007 Space Elevator Games will take place at the Davis County Event Center, after a week of frenetic preparations and qualifying rounds hampered by rain and high winds.

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