Despite high hopes, the NASA-sponsored Space Elevator Games failed to produce viable space elevator technology for the third year in a row. The event concluded this morning with no winners in either the robotic climber or the vertical tether competition, and our SEGWIN stock was delisted. The value of the stock—trading at $30.75 prior to its halt—dropped to $0.
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