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NGLLC 09: BonNova Out, Masten and Unreasonable Coming Up
added on 28 Oct 2009
Those of you active on Twitter over the weekend may have already heard this piece of news: Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge team BonNova has had to surrender their chance at winning any prize money this year. Team Leader Allen Newcomb and the rest of the team put in a fantastic amount of e...
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NGLLC 09: BonNova Out, Masten and Unreasonable Coming Up
posted to The Launch Pad on 26 Oct 2009
Those of you active on Twitter over the weekend may have already heard this piece of news: Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge team BonNova has had to surrender their chance at winning any prize money this year. Team Leader Allen Newcomb and the rest of the team put in a fantastic amount of e...
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Million-dollar rocket showdown
posted to Cosmic Log on 28 Oct 2009
Will Pomerantz / X Prize Foundation Masten Space Systems' Xoie rocket was designed to go after a million-dollar prize. The climactic rocket showdown for a million-dollar prize from NASA is under way in California's Mojave Desert. Just as folks at Kennedy Space Center in Florida were cele...
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NGLLC 2009: And Here They Come Down the Final Stretch...
posted to The Launch Pad on 27 Oct 2009
It's a high-stakes horse race to the finish line of the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge this week, and the winner will claim $1,000,000 in prize winnings.Armadillo Aerospace successfully flew their Scorpius vehicle in September to become the sole qualifier of the coveted Level II 1st Plac...
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Masten Space Qualifies for Lunar Lander Challenge X-Prize
posted to Sufficiently Advanced on 31 Oct 2009
NOTE: Cross-posted to the Blog at Getting There From Here. Congratulations to Masten Space Systems on successfully completing their qualifying flight for the $1 million prize in the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge X-Prize. They join Armadillo Aerospace in qualifying for this prize. To ...
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Masten Has One More Window, Unreasonable Rocket to Fly Friday Afternoon
posted to The Launch Pad on 30 Oct 2009
Through a unanimous decision of the Official Judges of the 2009 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge competition, Masten Space Systems will be able to make another launch attempt tomorrow morning using their remaining Time Period. Unreasonable Rocket will then be on deck to make their first fl...
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