Google Lunar X PRIZE Roundup #32 October 6, 2010
Posted by Nick Azer in : Google Lunar X Prize, Google Lunar X Prize Roundup , trackbackAs World Space Week begins, it’s been a big week around the Google Lunar X PRIZE, with one team successfully launching a rocket, and most of the teams gathering at the annual GLXP summit.
Here’s all the neat details from Sept. 27th-Oct. 4th:
- Team ARCA successfully launched their Helen 2 rocket! Launched using a carrier balloon over the Black Sea, this is the first rocket to be launched during the GLXP. Check out the press release and Picasa album of the event, and a great Universe Today article on the launch for details (with more coming soon) :)
- The annual GLXP Team Summit began! Lots of Twitter highlights to be found via #glxpsummit, and check back over the next week as team begin to post their recaps :)
- Team SELENE blogged about the completion of parts for their Wilson cloud chamber!
- Team Euroluna posted an update on the status of their planned Romit 1 test satellite mission! They also posted a video of their initial experiences at the GLXP Summit :)
- Team Open Moon posted about their webconference with Mars Society!
- Team FREDNET featured the Danish Space Challenge!
- Team Next Giant Leap‘s hopper concept was featured in a CNET article!
- Team Astrobotic‘s David Gump and investor Julian Ranger stopped in for an Evadot podcast! The team was also featured by several British newspapers, and they blogged about a photoshoot with magazine GEO :)
- Team White Label Space posted a message from their team leader marking the beginning of the Summit :) They also posted a profile of the CEO of their Japanese branch and awarded the Manga Guide to Physics (plus other goodies) via Facebook (and their partner, O’Reilly) :)
- Team Part Time Scientists marked their 5000th fan on Facebook with a new video! (On a related note, Luna C/I now has its own brand new Facebook page….closer to 30 than 5,000 right now, but perhaps, someday… :D )
- Team Rocket City Space Pioneers blogged about interest, especially local, they are receiving :)
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