Google Lunar X PRIZE Roundup #42 March 12, 2011
Posted by Nick Azer in : Google Lunar X Prize, Google Lunar X Prize Roundup, Virgin Galactic , trackbackThe Google Lunar X PRIZE is a $30 million competition challenging private space enterprises to land a rover on the Moon. Every two weeks, I round up the latest developments as the teams rocket forwards and upwards…
Late February was a huge time for the Google Lunar X PRIZE—EIGHT new teams became official! Holy Tchaikovsky! Without further ado, here’s all the highlights for Feburary 15th-March 1st:
- The official final team roster was announced!! Eight new official teams entered the fold, brining the final tally for the prize to 29. (Keep an eye here as I post spotlights on all eight of the new teams over the next few weeks!)
- Longtime GLXP Guy Will Pomerantz stepped down in order to take an awesome-sounding VP position over at Virgin Galactic! Comgrats :)
- New Canadian team Plan B posted a video introduction, an update on vehicle design,
- New Hungarian team Puli posted a detailed blog post on education!
- New U.S. team Phoenicia posted several blogs (one and two) on their funding! They also did an Evadot podcast :)
- New mystery team Mystical Moon posted a tease… :)
- The new Penn State Lunar Lion team posted a few quick blogs (one and two)!
- Team Selenokhod partnered with SmirnovDesign!
- Team Part Time Scientists posted two new detailed Fan Fridays (#s sixand seven)!
- Team ARCA blogged about work on their subsonic wind tunnel, and about work on a cabine mold for their E-111 supersonic airplane!
- Team SELENE blogged about rocket antenna considerations, and on their rocket propellant tumbler!
- Team White Label Space blogged a video on constructing their lander mockup!
- Team Eurlouna video blogged about high tension power supply!
- Carnegie Mellon posted a profile site on their resident team, Astrobotic! Astrobotic also blogged about a robot city field test, 3D mapping, and taking lunar exploration online!
- Team Barcelona Moon posted about a commercial space conference in D.C. and signing of their master team agreement!
- Team Rocket City Space Pioneers’ leader, Tim Pickens, blogged about going back to his roots :)
- Team Next Giant Leap posted a weekly update!
- Wired posted a great article about the GLXP and the final roster! The GLXP also got Slashdotted :)
Keep an eye out for my profiles on the 8 new teams over the next few weeks, and I’ll have Roundup #43 (for Mar 1st-15th) up soon as well! :)
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