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Teams Fail to Build Elevator to Heaven

Contestants still struggling to realize Willy Wonka fantasy

By Jonas Oransky,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 22, 2007 5:30 AM CDT

(Newser) – The race was on and the wind was up, which was something of a problem because contestants in the second annual Space Elevator Games in Utah yesterday were vying to send a vehicle 400 feet up a vertical cable attached to a crane. The prize...   Read full story »

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