At the end of of testing week, (Friday, June 19) the teams, Spaceward, and Dryden personnel will be available for interviews and photography at the competition site. We will also have available footage of helicopter-tether testing that will be conducted earlier that week, including climber testing.

This opportunity will allow you to preview the games and increase the quality of your coverage in July.

For access information, please contact Alan Brown (alan.brown-1 [at] nasa [dot] gov, 661-276-2665). Dryden badges will be required, so please register by June 12.

• WHO:  Space Elevator Challenge teams, Spaceward crew.
• WHAT: Press opportunity to preview, interview, photograph, video.
• WHERE: NASA Dryden Flight Research Center / Edwards Air Force Base
• WHEN: June 19
• WHY: Find out early what the games are about. Get early footage and exclusive content. Have an edge on July 14.

• WHO: Prize purse by NASA CC, management by The Spaceward Foundation, six competing teams.
• WHAT: The Space Elevator Power Beaming Challenge, a 1-km vertical laser-powered race demonstrating the concept of the Space Elevator. Total prize purse is $2,000,000.
• WHERE: NASA Dryden Flight Research Center / Edwards Air-Force Base
• WHEN: July 14
• WHY: The Space Elevator is a proposed space-access system that will completely transform the way we access space, replacing rockets with electrical vehicles that scale a stationary cable from Earth to Space.

Press contacts:

• Spaceward: Ted Semon, 630-240-4797, ted [at] spaceward [dot] org
• NASA Dryden: Alan Brown, 661-276-2665, alan.brown-1 [at] nasa [dot] gov
• NASA CC: Andy Petro, 202-358-0310, andrew.j.petro [at] nasa [dot] gov

The press release PDF is here: http://www.spaceelevatorgames.org/pr1.pdf

Access to the games requires a press badge by NASA Dryden – please make sure you coordinate access with Alan Brown (above). Non-US press must do so by June 5th.