LaserMotive will be among the honorees at a ceremony by NASA for its achievement as winner of the 2009 Centennial Challenge Power Beaming Competition this Friday at NASA headquarters.
The Kent-based company earned a prize of nearly $1 million and set new scientific records for laser power beaming – the wireless transfer of energy from one location to another – to win the competition, which was part of the Space Elevator Games.
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Feb. 24, 2010 at 8:20am LaserMotive wins NASA competitionPart of the NASA Centennial Challenges program, the games are designed to foster technologies that can be used in the Space Elevator, but which are also applicable to nearer-term NASA programs. LaserMotive's win marks the first time any organization has won the competition since its origin during 2005. NASA Television will broadcast the events. Plenty more in the Archives The comments function of the Business Examiner community is meant to encourage conversations and spark ideas about business issues in the South Sound. The feature is free and open to members of the public who register basic log in information. Comments should be concise, on topic and avoid attacks, profanity or abusive language or content. Comments that are deemed to violate this policy will be removed. |
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