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<i>Enthusiasts on Friday unveiled an effort to establish an annual competition for space-elevator technologies, taking a page from the playbook for other high-tech contests such as the $10 million Ansari X Prize.</i><br /><br />Link<br /><br /><br />I think this is a great idea. It's really encouraging to see so much being done in the private sector and by non-profit organizations. All this will advance the day when we won't need governments any more to get into space, cheaply. At that point the real space age will begin.