Google Lunar X PRIZE Roundup #1! November 24, 2009
Posted by Nick Azer in : Google Lunar X Prize, Google Lunar X Prize Roundup , trackbackIt’s time for the first entry in a new weekly feature I’m going to have here at Luna C/I—the Google Lunar X PRIZE Roundup!
Every week, there’s a lot of little tidbits from across the spectrum of Lunar X PRIZE teams (23 teams as of this writing), and going forward I’m going to be collecting them for you as a handy reference for the highlights :)
So without further ado, here’s your first grand-central-station lunar link-a-thon!:
- The official site posted a feature article by Peter Diamandis, Chairman/CEO of the X PRIZE Foundation, on the value of water on the moon!
- The official GLXP blog, The Launch Pad, posted a great roundup on a variety of space prizes.
- Team Omega Envoy announced the winning entry for their ‘name-our-rover’ contest: “SAGAN” :) Close race, too–the SAGAN name won their poll by a mere 6 votes!
- Team White Label Space revealed an intriguing noir/spy game mystery with a member of their team and Team Synergy Moon… ;)
- Competing company Astrobotic was selected by NASA for a study on excavation robots and lunar gravity.
- Team Frednet posted some images of their lunar lander mock-up in progress.
- Amanda Stiles of the X PRIZE foundation (the lady behind the @GLXP Twitter feed) did a podcast with Evadot on building the X PRIZE community.
- And last but not least, Keith Cowing over at NASA Watch reported a rumor that NASA may match the $30 million prize, and that Google may up their ante as well.
Swing by next week for the next batch of Lunar X PRIZE goodness (Monday’s a grim day for a roundup, so I may scoot the post over to every Friday) , and if you have a link you’d like me to consider, you can share it in the comments below or drop me a line at nickazer@yahoo.com (Fancy, I know) :)
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