With all of the recent space prize activity, I've been barely able to keep up, let alone post on all of the events. I just went through over 100 notifications in my email about prize news articles, blog posts, and so on. Whew! That takes a while, and it's only 1 information path.
My advice is to check sites like RLV News. You can see news on the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge events, the awards ceremony for the winners, and how some of the teams are continuing after the prize. If you follow this blog, you'll know some of the other sites to check, too. I'm not going to duplicate all of that, but I do have a few items I thought were interesting:
Masten Space Systems Wins NGLLC LII - Donna's Journey
Parting thoughts as the NGLLC fades to black - TrueZer0
Did Ask for a Photo? - Team Phoenicia
New Photo - Team Phoenicia
@unrocket - Starting Clean up from LLC my entropy maximization efforts got out of control. Started with my Primary computer,new 1Tb Hdrive, $69.00!
Here's a well-deserved vacation:
@wikkit: I saw two oceans and a gulf in one day. My new record. Wandered around Miami Beach a bit, tomorrow is more exploration here.
I made a couple canned twitter searches for the Lunar Lander Challenge (yes, uh, just in time). Actually, I think the teams will continue to be active in some way, so there will still be content there after the Challenge. The searches are at the top right of Space Prizes blog. There are 2 because Twitter seems to take its 140 character limit idea to its searches, too:
Lunar Lander Challenge Accounts
More Lunar Lander (Masten)
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Friday, November 06, 2009
Monday, July 06, 2009
Prize Roundup: July 4-6, 2009 - Astrobotic in RegEx, Multiple Lunar Lander Challenge Updates, More NewSpace 2009 Prize Activity
Astrobotic creates robot to win NASA Moon excavation competition - Astrobotic Technology, Inc (press release) -
Astrobotic Technology Inc. announced today that it has begun testing a robot designed to win a NASA competition for excavating simulated Moon dirt. ... The Astrobotic robot, developed in collaboration with the Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University, is about a yard on each side and two feet tall, with a laser scanner at its crown to measure distances inside the 13 ft by 13 ft competition area.
Here's the Moon Diggers site. It includes some video of their robot Sandra. You can see where Sandra got her name. It's a good name; I called my cat Sandy (officially "Sandstorm") because of her fur colors, fast wind-like movement, and paws that would get in my eyes like sand when she wanted me to wake up.
There are a bunch of Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge updates to report:
Unreasonable update - RLV News
TrueZer0 reports that Scott Zeeb will be working at Scaled Composites.
Tales from the Melting Pot: Scott Zeeb to Scaled Composites - The Launch Pad uses Scott's move as an opportunity to discuss the collaborative spirit and cross-pollination of many innovation prize teams.
Long hover flight by Armadillo vehicle - RLV News
In my previous post, I pointed out as many prize-related events at NewSpace 2009 as I could find. I already see that I missed one:
VidVision Contest Lunch - Saturday, July 18. Event will offer opportunity to support the 2010 VidVision Contest & view/discuss last year's winning videos
Space Elevator Day - Space Elevator Blog - This goes into more detail on the theme of one of the days at the conference.
@NextGiantLeap - @glxp Just sent in our NewSpace Heinlein BP... and finished making travel arrangements.
Astrobotic Technology Inc. announced today that it has begun testing a robot designed to win a NASA competition for excavating simulated Moon dirt. ... The Astrobotic robot, developed in collaboration with the Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University, is about a yard on each side and two feet tall, with a laser scanner at its crown to measure distances inside the 13 ft by 13 ft competition area.
Here's the Moon Diggers site. It includes some video of their robot Sandra. You can see where Sandra got her name. It's a good name; I called my cat Sandy (officially "Sandstorm") because of her fur colors, fast wind-like movement, and paws that would get in my eyes like sand when she wanted me to wake up.
There are a bunch of Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge updates to report:
Unreasonable update - RLV News
TrueZer0 reports that Scott Zeeb will be working at Scaled Composites.
Tales from the Melting Pot: Scott Zeeb to Scaled Composites - The Launch Pad uses Scott's move as an opportunity to discuss the collaborative spirit and cross-pollination of many innovation prize teams.
Long hover flight by Armadillo vehicle - RLV News
In my previous post, I pointed out as many prize-related events at NewSpace 2009 as I could find. I already see that I missed one:
VidVision Contest Lunch - Saturday, July 18. Event will offer opportunity to support the 2010 VidVision Contest & view/discuss last year's winning videos
Space Elevator Day - Space Elevator Blog - This goes into more detail on the theme of one of the days at the conference.
@NextGiantLeap - @glxp Just sent in our NewSpace Heinlein BP... and finished making travel arrangements.
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Lunar Prize Update - June 19-20, 2009
In celebration of LRO and LCROSS, today's post will be all about prizes with lunar themes:
Omega Envoy To Test X PRIZE Rover In Simulated Mars Mission On Devon Island - Omega Envoy - Today we are announcing an expedition in collaboration with 4Frontiers Corporation and the National Space Society to the Mars Socitey's Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station (FMARS) on Devon Island.
Giant Leaps Symposium - Next Giant Leap - I mentioned this MIT symposium in an earlier post or 2, and Next Gian Leap has some pictures from it.
@Regolith_Chal - Putting together some info on media exposure from last year for you all.
@OmegaEnvoy - At 1pm on austrian public radio Ö1 is airing Guido Meyer's report about the #glxp teams. We are on it! http://tinyurl.com/n4cjc4
@wikkit - One of the guys from TrueZer0, a unique rocket team, is here. Portends of a geeky dinner.
@dmasten - Just finished dinner with Scott of TrueZero.
Omega Envoy To Test X PRIZE Rover In Simulated Mars Mission On Devon Island - Omega Envoy - Today we are announcing an expedition in collaboration with 4Frontiers Corporation and the National Space Society to the Mars Socitey's Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station (FMARS) on Devon Island.
Giant Leaps Symposium - Next Giant Leap - I mentioned this MIT symposium in an earlier post or 2, and Next Gian Leap has some pictures from it.
@Regolith_Chal - Putting together some info on media exposure from last year for you all.
@OmegaEnvoy - At 1pm on austrian public radio Ö1 is airing Guido Meyer's report about the #glxp teams. We are on it! http://tinyurl.com/n4cjc4
@wikkit - One of the guys from TrueZer0, a unique rocket team, is here. Portends of a geeky dinner.
@dmasten - Just finished dinner with Scott of TrueZero.
Monday, April 27, 2009
Lunar Lander Challenge Update
Still a challenge - The Space Review - Jeff Foust gives an update on the Lunar Lander Challenge, including an overview of the teams that presented at Space Access '09 and prospects for this year's competition.
4/23/2009: Hybrid Catalyst Test - SpeedUp - This includes a video on the left that might be easy to overlook (as it's a text link).
Unreasonable update - RLV News
4/23/2009: Hybrid Catalyst Test - SpeedUp - This includes a video on the left that might be easy to overlook (as it's a text link).
Unreasonable update - RLV News
Friday, April 03, 2009
Space Access '09 Prize Posts
Unlike the last 2 years I'm not at Space Access this year, so I won't be summarizing the prize talks. I'll link to the summaries I see, though. I plan to update this post as the conference proceeds.
Notes: Space Access'09: Thursday - Evening session - Part 2 - RLV News - This one covers
Unreasonable Rocket - Lunar Lander Challenge competitor:
- Will pursue both 90sec and 180sec NG-LLC levels this year.
- Looking past NG-LLC to more rocket building.
- New amateur rules greatly ease testing
- Plan to go to go to 100km with a few kg payload.
- Believe there is a market for such a vehicle and this sort of launch service.
- Also, want to sell various components and engineering services.
and
Microlaunchers - N-Prize competitor:
- Work up from ground tests, to low altitude, to 100km, and then to orbit.
...
- Hardware component costs alone are in $1000 range.
Space Access 2009 - Paul Breed - Unreasonable Rocket - Why Homeschool:
Paul blogs about their experience at his blog Unreasonable Rockets. They had a rocket just outside the conference room here in Phoenix.
Space Access 2009 - Charles Pooley - N-Prize - Why Homeschool
Notes: Space Access'09: Friday - Morning - Part 2 - RLV News - This one includes Lunar Lander Challenge team High Expectations Rocketry.
Space Access 2009 - Keith Stormo - High Expectations Rocketry - Why Homeschool
Notes: Space Access'09: Friday - Afternoon - Part 2 - RLV News - Lunar Lander teams BonNova and TrueZer0 are featured.
Space Access 2009 - Bob Noteboom - BonNova - Why Homeschool
Space Access 2009 - Scott Zeeb and Todd Squires - TrueZer0 - Why Homeschool
Notes: Space Access'09: Friday - Evening - RLV News - Kiwi 2 Space (N-Prize team) is in this one. There are two sites to check: - the Kiwi 2 Space website (recently started) and the Kiwi 2 Space blog.
Space Access 2009 - Iain Finer, N-Prize Contestant: Team Kiwi 2 Space - Why Homeschool
Armadillo - Transterrestrial Musings -
Lunar Challenge has been beneficial, but has also been a distraction from their goals, and the revenue makes it worthwhile in hindsight. Will be competing for Level Two this year, and they hope to make their attempts from their home field when season begins in July.
Notes: Space Access'09: Saturday Morning - Part 2 - RLV News - This includes Armadillo Aerospace.
Space Access 2009 - John Carmack - Armadillo Aerospace - Why Homeschool
Masten Space Systems - Transterrestrial Musings
Notes: Space Access'09: Saturday afternoon - Part 1 - RLV News. This one includes Masten Space Systems:
- May go for NG-LLC level 1
and Speed Up:
- Laramie Rose NG-LLC vehicle
-- Operating in Armadillo mode was the goal but difficult to keep up to a similar pace without same resources.
-- Behind Unreasonable Rocket so will probably won't compete for Level I.
-- Not in Level II capability.
-- But want to achieve at least short sustained hover
Space Access 2009 - Dave Masten of Masten Space - Why Homeschool
Space Access 2009 - Bob Steinke - SpeedUp - Why Homeschool
Notes: Space Access'09: Saturday afternoon - Part 2 - RLV News - The conference ends with an all-star cast:
Paul Breed and son, Ben Brockert, John Carmack, Dave Masten, Keith Stormo, Bob Steinke, Scott Zeeb, Todd Squires, Bob Noteboom, Allen Newcomb, Lunar Lander Challenge panel
They discussed Lunar Lander Challenge plans:
-- Bonnova - will to compete in Level I and II this year
-- Steinke - not this year
-- TrueZer0 - not this year
-- Zeeb - Ask in a couple of months. Depends on funding.
-- Masten - will depend on status of vehicle.
-- Carmack:
-- Make attempt soon after window opens. Will go after Level II. Not going after Level I, second place.
-- Remember that nobody has Level I wrapped up. Just as with Armadillo in 2006-2007, problems can arise that prevent the favorite from winning.
- Armadillo had done many flights prior to competition yet still didn't win in those years.
- Breed - expect to go after Level I with Blue Ball. Not sure if they can have a Level II vehicle ready.
They also discussed a lot of other important topics, like rocketry details and future business and personal plans for the teams.
Space Access 2009 - Panel on Lunar Lander Challenge - Why Homeschool
Notes: Space Access'09: Thursday - Evening session - Part 2 - RLV News - This one covers
Unreasonable Rocket - Lunar Lander Challenge competitor:
- Will pursue both 90sec and 180sec NG-LLC levels this year.
- Looking past NG-LLC to more rocket building.
- New amateur rules greatly ease testing
- Plan to go to go to 100km with a few kg payload.
- Believe there is a market for such a vehicle and this sort of launch service.
- Also, want to sell various components and engineering services.
and
Microlaunchers - N-Prize competitor:
- Work up from ground tests, to low altitude, to 100km, and then to orbit.
...
- Hardware component costs alone are in $1000 range.
Space Access 2009 - Paul Breed - Unreasonable Rocket - Why Homeschool:
Paul blogs about their experience at his blog Unreasonable Rockets. They had a rocket just outside the conference room here in Phoenix.
Space Access 2009 - Charles Pooley - N-Prize - Why Homeschool
Notes: Space Access'09: Friday - Morning - Part 2 - RLV News - This one includes Lunar Lander Challenge team High Expectations Rocketry.
Space Access 2009 - Keith Stormo - High Expectations Rocketry - Why Homeschool
Notes: Space Access'09: Friday - Afternoon - Part 2 - RLV News - Lunar Lander teams BonNova and TrueZer0 are featured.
Space Access 2009 - Bob Noteboom - BonNova - Why Homeschool
Space Access 2009 - Scott Zeeb and Todd Squires - TrueZer0 - Why Homeschool
Notes: Space Access'09: Friday - Evening - RLV News - Kiwi 2 Space (N-Prize team) is in this one. There are two sites to check: - the Kiwi 2 Space website (recently started) and the Kiwi 2 Space blog.
Space Access 2009 - Iain Finer, N-Prize Contestant: Team Kiwi 2 Space - Why Homeschool
Armadillo - Transterrestrial Musings -
Lunar Challenge has been beneficial, but has also been a distraction from their goals, and the revenue makes it worthwhile in hindsight. Will be competing for Level Two this year, and they hope to make their attempts from their home field when season begins in July.
Notes: Space Access'09: Saturday Morning - Part 2 - RLV News - This includes Armadillo Aerospace.
Space Access 2009 - John Carmack - Armadillo Aerospace - Why Homeschool
Masten Space Systems - Transterrestrial Musings
Notes: Space Access'09: Saturday afternoon - Part 1 - RLV News. This one includes Masten Space Systems:
- May go for NG-LLC level 1
and Speed Up:
- Laramie Rose NG-LLC vehicle
-- Operating in Armadillo mode was the goal but difficult to keep up to a similar pace without same resources.
-- Behind Unreasonable Rocket so will probably won't compete for Level I.
-- Not in Level II capability.
-- But want to achieve at least short sustained hover
Space Access 2009 - Dave Masten of Masten Space - Why Homeschool
Space Access 2009 - Bob Steinke - SpeedUp - Why Homeschool
Notes: Space Access'09: Saturday afternoon - Part 2 - RLV News - The conference ends with an all-star cast:
Paul Breed and son, Ben Brockert, John Carmack, Dave Masten, Keith Stormo, Bob Steinke, Scott Zeeb, Todd Squires, Bob Noteboom, Allen Newcomb, Lunar Lander Challenge panel
They discussed Lunar Lander Challenge plans:
-- Bonnova - will to compete in Level I and II this year
-- Steinke - not this year
-- TrueZer0 - not this year
-- Zeeb - Ask in a couple of months. Depends on funding.
-- Masten - will depend on status of vehicle.
-- Carmack:
-- Make attempt soon after window opens. Will go after Level II. Not going after Level I, second place.
-- Remember that nobody has Level I wrapped up. Just as with Armadillo in 2006-2007, problems can arise that prevent the favorite from winning.
- Armadillo had done many flights prior to competition yet still didn't win in those years.
- Breed - expect to go after Level I with Blue Ball. Not sure if they can have a Level II vehicle ready.
They also discussed a lot of other important topics, like rocketry details and future business and personal plans for the teams.
Space Access 2009 - Panel on Lunar Lander Challenge - Why Homeschool
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Space Access 2009 Pre-Conference Schedule
The Space Access Society site was updated today with the latest Preliminary Program Schedule. The program now includes tentative times for the talks, as well as some new talks. It looks like the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge and the N-Prize both are still going to be featured heavily. Some of the talks related to prizes (past or current teams, or programs that feature contests) include:
Thursday April 2nd
4:30 Unreasonable Rocket/Paul Breed (... and by the way RLV News has the latest from Unreasonable Rocket)
5:25 SpeedUp/Bob Steinke
9:00 Monroe King, N-Prize Contestant: Team Prometheus/Aeronautic Enterprises Inc.
Friday April 3rd
4 pm BonNova/Bob Noteboom
4:45 TrueZer0/Scott Zeeb and Todd Squires
8:50 Iain Finer, N-Prize Contestant: Team Kiwi 2 Space
9:10 Ed Wright, Teachers in Space's Astronaut Teacher Course Design Workshop
Saturday April 4th
11:20 Armadillo Aerospace/John Carmack
2:40 Masten Space/Dave Masten
4:55 Charles Pooley, N-Prize Contestant: Microlaunchers
That's just a sampling of the program; see the above link for the rest of the schedule. There are a lot more that sound interesting; for example, "NASA Ames Human Tended Suborbital Science/Yvonne Cagle and Bruce Pittman". Here's a link to the NASA Ames SUBORBITAL EX site (EX standing for EXperiences, EXperiments, and EXplorations). Irene Klotz noted a couple months ago about some preliminary human-tended suborbital science proposals being reviewed by NASA that "... a decision about which projects will receive funding for additional study is expected around March."
Here are some recent related Space Show radio interviews:
N-Prize's Dr. Paul Dear
Henry Vanderbilt on the Space Access conference and related topics
Thursday April 2nd
4:30 Unreasonable Rocket/Paul Breed (... and by the way RLV News has the latest from Unreasonable Rocket)
5:25 SpeedUp/Bob Steinke
9:00 Monroe King, N-Prize Contestant: Team Prometheus/Aeronautic Enterprises Inc.
Friday April 3rd
4 pm BonNova/Bob Noteboom
4:45 TrueZer0/Scott Zeeb and Todd Squires
8:50 Iain Finer, N-Prize Contestant: Team Kiwi 2 Space
9:10 Ed Wright, Teachers in Space's Astronaut Teacher Course Design Workshop
Saturday April 4th
11:20 Armadillo Aerospace/John Carmack
2:40 Masten Space/Dave Masten
4:55 Charles Pooley, N-Prize Contestant: Microlaunchers
That's just a sampling of the program; see the above link for the rest of the schedule. There are a lot more that sound interesting; for example, "NASA Ames Human Tended Suborbital Science/Yvonne Cagle and Bruce Pittman". Here's a link to the NASA Ames SUBORBITAL EX site (EX standing for EXperiences, EXperiments, and EXplorations). Irene Klotz noted a couple months ago about some preliminary human-tended suborbital science proposals being reviewed by NASA that "... a decision about which projects will receive funding for additional study is expected around March."
Here are some recent related Space Show radio interviews:
N-Prize's Dr. Paul Dear
Henry Vanderbilt on the Space Access conference and related topics
Monday, November 17, 2008
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Centennial Challenges (especially NG LLC) Update
I'm not going to try to make a big round-up post for the last couple days of Centennial Challenges (mainly Lunar Lander Challenge) news, since I'm a bit short on time. Check HobbySpace/RLV News for a good overview. Here are the ones that seem like the important ones to me:
Briefs: NG-LLC articles; NASA Innovative Project Partnership - RLV News - This includes, among other relevant links, a Space VidCast interview of NASA Centennial Challenge's Andrew Petro. The interview covers most of the Centennial Challenges; I think only MoonROx and General Aviation Challenge were left out. It also covered other commercially-oriented work that NASA IPP does. He notes that they have some ideas for new prizes for next year ... but of course they'd need to have money to fund them. The interview was around half an hour.
An open source lunar lander - RLV News - In addition to the thought-provoking main subject of the post, there's a a link to a detailed recap of recent events by John Carmack. Among other things, he invites TrueZerO to the aRocket forum.
TrueZer0 wrap-up - RLV News - Hopefully they'll be able to continue with the LLC next year. There's a lot of global media and blog coverage of the 2008 LLC - I see it swamping my In Box each day. I've only linked to a small part of it these past few days. Hopefully this coverage translates into more sponsorship opportunities for them, and for the other teams.
Briefs: NG-LLC articles; NASA Innovative Project Partnership - RLV News - This includes, among other relevant links, a Space VidCast interview of NASA Centennial Challenge's Andrew Petro. The interview covers most of the Centennial Challenges; I think only MoonROx and General Aviation Challenge were left out. It also covered other commercially-oriented work that NASA IPP does. He notes that they have some ideas for new prizes for next year ... but of course they'd need to have money to fund them. The interview was around half an hour.
An open source lunar lander - RLV News - In addition to the thought-provoking main subject of the post, there's a a link to a detailed recap of recent events by John Carmack. Among other things, he invites TrueZerO to the aRocket forum.
TrueZer0 wrap-up - RLV News - Hopefully they'll be able to continue with the LLC next year. There's a lot of global media and blog coverage of the 2008 LLC - I see it swamping my In Box each day. I've only linked to a small part of it these past few days. Hopefully this coverage translates into more sponsorship opportunities for them, and for the other teams.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
NG LLC Secret: Testing and Testing and More Testing
Lunar lander challenge won at last - New Scientist (Henry Spencer) - After giving an overview of the NG LLC and the 2008 event, Henry Spencer explains why the thing is so hard to win.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Post Lunar Lander Challenge #2 - October 27, 2008
Today there's an even bigger mountain of news articles and blog posts on the Lunar Lander Challenge. This is just a sample:
'Doom' creator wins first stage of lunar challenge - CNet News
Ontario Fireball; Desert Rover Tests - AccuWeather.com Astronomy Weather Blog - The title doesn't indicate it, but it starts off with the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander challenge.
Armadillo Lander Captures Lunar X PRIZE Level One, but $1.65 Million Proves Elusive - Popular Mechanics - Like the AccuWeather post, this one also covers the rover tests in the Arizona desert.
Dueling Murphy - The Space Review - Jeff Foust gives a detailed account of the event.
You know rockets have taken over your life when... - Unreasonable Rocket
Performance Dreams and Spread sheets.... - Unreasonable Rocket looking ahead to next year
Briefs: NASA and NG-LLC; Astrium spacejet update; Garriott news conference - RLV News - This includes the NASA LLC press release.
Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge Recap - Day 2 - The Launch Pad
All the launches, as they happened - The Launch Pad - I think I've linked to these already, but here they are all together.
With all of these (and many other) articles, I wonder if anyone is thinking about writing a Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge book?
'Doom' creator wins first stage of lunar challenge - CNet News
Ontario Fireball; Desert Rover Tests - AccuWeather.com Astronomy Weather Blog - The title doesn't indicate it, but it starts off with the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander challenge.
Armadillo Lander Captures Lunar X PRIZE Level One, but $1.65 Million Proves Elusive - Popular Mechanics - Like the AccuWeather post, this one also covers the rover tests in the Arizona desert.
Dueling Murphy - The Space Review - Jeff Foust gives a detailed account of the event.
You know rockets have taken over your life when... - Unreasonable Rocket
Performance Dreams and Spread sheets.... - Unreasonable Rocket looking ahead to next year
Briefs: NASA and NG-LLC; Astrium spacejet update; Garriott news conference - RLV News - This includes the NASA LLC press release.
Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge Recap - Day 2 - The Launch Pad
All the launches, as they happened - The Launch Pad - I think I've linked to these already, but here they are all together.
With all of these (and many other) articles, I wonder if anyone is thinking about writing a Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge book?
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Post Lunar Lander Challenge - October 26, 2008
SpaceVidcast interviews and clips at NG-LLC - RLV News - The interviews include Armadillo, TrueZero, and SpeedUp. I thought I recognized Bob Steinke (who I've seen give a couple talks on SpeedUp) when looking through one of the Launch Pad photo collections a day or 2 ago, and apparently I was right. I haven't caught up with the other videos yet, but the Steinke interview was pretty informative; at least I learned a couple things from it.
Briefs: X PRIZE NG-LLC press release; Mod videos - RLV News
Briefs: A happy Armadillo; NG-LLC team response - RLV News - The responses include BonNova and Phoenicia. A good portion of the past and present LLC teams were either at the event or posting about it.
Video: John Carmack Interview - Personal Spaceflight - Jeff interviews John
Video: Ken Davidian and ISPCS - Personal Spaceflight - Jeff interviews Ken at a career milestone
LLC Day 2 images and wrapup - This includes a collection of photos.
Goodbye from Las Cruces - The Launch Pad
Photo Album: 2008 NGLLC Day Two - The Launch Pad - The X PRIZE folks have their own set of pictures to view.
Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge Recap, Day 1 - The Launch Pad - video
Briefs: X PRIZE NG-LLC press release; Mod videos - RLV News
Briefs: A happy Armadillo; NG-LLC team response - RLV News - The responses include BonNova and Phoenicia. A good portion of the past and present LLC teams were either at the event or posting about it.
Video: John Carmack Interview - Personal Spaceflight - Jeff interviews John
Video: Ken Davidian and ISPCS - Personal Spaceflight - Jeff interviews Ken at a career milestone
LLC Day 2 images and wrapup - This includes a collection of photos.
Goodbye from Las Cruces - The Launch Pad
Photo Album: 2008 NGLLC Day Two - The Launch Pad - The X PRIZE folks have their own set of pictures to view.
Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge Recap, Day 1 - The Launch Pad - video
Friday, October 24, 2008
Lunar Lander Challenge Win!!!! - October 24, 2008
Friday is the first lunar lander day - RLV News - This, and the linked webcast, are good places to go to find out about the LLC. That's where I'll be checking when I get a chance ... which means in the late afternoon at best.
I shouldn't forget the Launch Pad, too:
Are You Excited Yet???? - includes videos ...
Almost Here... - ... and photos
GLXP Twitter also continues to be actively posting LLC updates.
Update (evening):
Armadillo Wins! - The Launch Pad - Level 1 first place!!!!!!! ... tomorrow they go for Level 2 first place.
NG-LLC Report 16 - RLV News - As you can see from the title, there are a lot more covering the events of the day as they unfolded. These include not only the competition, but an announcement concerning Armadillo, the Rocket Racing League, and New Mexico. Here's a bit of looking to the future:
The check will be presented later in Washington DC. (Two checks if things work out tomorrow.) Remind Congress people of the value of prizes.
Armadillo Aerospace’s MOD rocket - Set 2, Flights 1 and 2 - Space VidCast with videos of Armadillo flights
TrueZerO Ignignokt Launch Attempt - Space VidCast video - It didn't work but it's pretty impressive considering how recently they started and the fact that it was their first non-tethered attempt.
Armadillo Aerospace’s MOD rocket - Set 1, Flight 1 - Space VidCast video
It's Official Now - Personal Spaceflight - just one of several updates from there.
ROCKET RACERS TARGET SPACE - Cosmic Log - This gives some context to the competition and Armadillo/RRL/N.M. annoucement.
Condolences to True Zero and Congratulations to Armadillo. - Unreasonable Rocket
Near Miss at $2-Million Lunar Lander Challenge - Wired Science - This one shows events as they stood in the middle of the day.
NG LLC News - Team Phoenicia - The teams are watching!
I shouldn't forget the Launch Pad, too:
Are You Excited Yet???? - includes videos ...
Almost Here... - ... and photos
GLXP Twitter also continues to be actively posting LLC updates.
Update (evening):
Armadillo Wins! - The Launch Pad - Level 1 first place!!!!!!! ... tomorrow they go for Level 2 first place.
NG-LLC Report 16 - RLV News - As you can see from the title, there are a lot more covering the events of the day as they unfolded. These include not only the competition, but an announcement concerning Armadillo, the Rocket Racing League, and New Mexico. Here's a bit of looking to the future:
The check will be presented later in Washington DC. (Two checks if things work out tomorrow.) Remind Congress people of the value of prizes.
Armadillo Aerospace’s MOD rocket - Set 2, Flights 1 and 2 - Space VidCast with videos of Armadillo flights
TrueZerO Ignignokt Launch Attempt - Space VidCast video - It didn't work but it's pretty impressive considering how recently they started and the fact that it was their first non-tethered attempt.
Armadillo Aerospace’s MOD rocket - Set 1, Flight 1 - Space VidCast video
It's Official Now - Personal Spaceflight - just one of several updates from there.
ROCKET RACERS TARGET SPACE - Cosmic Log - This gives some context to the competition and Armadillo/RRL/N.M. annoucement.
Condolences to True Zero and Congratulations to Armadillo. - Unreasonable Rocket
Near Miss at $2-Million Lunar Lander Challenge - Wired Science - This one shows events as they stood in the middle of the day.
NG LLC News - Team Phoenicia - The teams are watching!
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Lunar Lander Challenge and ISPCS Roundup - October 23, 2008
NG-LLC update... - RLV News
Photo Album: Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge, Day T-Minus-Two - The Launch Pad - This is a different Launch Pad photo album from the one I indirectly linked to yesterday. It has over 90 photos. Many space prize personalities besides the X PRIZE and LLC team members are featured, including Andy Petro from NASA Centennial Challenges, Anousheh Ansari who funded a lot of the Ansari X PRIZE, and Dave Masten from the simarly-named LLC team from past years.
I'll try to update this later today.
Update (evening):
GLXP Twitter - The GLXP Twitter is giving quick updates on LLC status. Here's a sample:
Holy Lunar Landers, Spaceman! I've been so busy today getting ready for the #NGLLC webcast... http://space.xprize.org/web... 38 minutes ago from web
In a briefing with the #NGLLC judges. about 5 hours ago from TwitterBerry
@spacevidcast is setting up now. We'll do some testing later. Want to be an audience? about 6 hours ago from TwitterBerry in reply to SpaceVidcast
Internet connections up and running. Production truck is getting ready. Twitter back online :) about 9 hours ago from web
Whole Armadillo team is here about 10 hours ago from TwitterBerry
Espace: Lunar Lander Challenge 2008 - CLeDelco - Here's an overview of the LLC in French.
More news from Las Cruces, New Mexico. - RLV News - Some of it is related to the LLC.
ISPCS 2008: Thur. Oct. 23 - Notes from morning session 2 - RLV News - includes comments from the X PRIZE Foundation's Will Pomerantz
ISPCS 2008: Thur. Oct. 23 - Notes from morning session 3 - RLV News - includes comments from Doug Comstock, NASA Innovative Partnership Program (home of Centennial Challenges and other commercially-oriented activity)
ISPCS 2008: Thur. Oct.23 - Notes from afternoon session 2 - RLV News - this one includes Peter Diamandis discussing some of his non-prize activities
Video: Will Pomerantz previews the LLC - Personal Spaceflight
Photo Album: Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge, Day T-Minus-Two - The Launch Pad - This is a different Launch Pad photo album from the one I indirectly linked to yesterday. It has over 90 photos. Many space prize personalities besides the X PRIZE and LLC team members are featured, including Andy Petro from NASA Centennial Challenges, Anousheh Ansari who funded a lot of the Ansari X PRIZE, and Dave Masten from the simarly-named LLC team from past years.
I'll try to update this later today.
Update (evening):
GLXP Twitter - The GLXP Twitter is giving quick updates on LLC status. Here's a sample:
Holy Lunar Landers, Spaceman! I've been so busy today getting ready for the #NGLLC webcast... http://space.xprize.org/web... 38 minutes ago from web
In a briefing with the #NGLLC judges. about 5 hours ago from TwitterBerry
@spacevidcast is setting up now. We'll do some testing later. Want to be an audience? about 6 hours ago from TwitterBerry in reply to SpaceVidcast
Internet connections up and running. Production truck is getting ready. Twitter back online :) about 9 hours ago from web
Whole Armadillo team is here about 10 hours ago from TwitterBerry
Espace: Lunar Lander Challenge 2008 - CLeDelco - Here's an overview of the LLC in French.
More news from Las Cruces, New Mexico. - RLV News - Some of it is related to the LLC.
ISPCS 2008: Thur. Oct. 23 - Notes from morning session 2 - RLV News - includes comments from the X PRIZE Foundation's Will Pomerantz
ISPCS 2008: Thur. Oct. 23 - Notes from morning session 3 - RLV News - includes comments from Doug Comstock, NASA Innovative Partnership Program (home of Centennial Challenges and other commercially-oriented activity)
ISPCS 2008: Thur. Oct.23 - Notes from afternoon session 2 - RLV News - this one includes Peter Diamandis discussing some of his non-prize activities
Video: Will Pomerantz previews the LLC - Personal Spaceflight
Sunday, October 19, 2008
NG Lunar Lander Challenge Update - October 19, 2008
We came so very close... - Unreasonable Rocket
TrueZer0 heading for Las Cruces - RLV News
Game Designers Like Space - Game Design Scrapbook
TrueZer0 heading for Las Cruces - RLV News
Game Designers Like Space - Game Design Scrapbook
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Lunar Lander Challenge Roundup - October 15, 2008
Lots of activity today - Truezer0 - They include a tether test, and explain the things that went well and the ones that didn't, as well as why it's tough to see the Lunar Lander.
I've been posting enough about them lately that I've added a tag for them, although I didn't apply it (yet?) to the old posts on them.
Briefs: Unreasonable plans Wed. tests; TrueZer0 vehicle - RLV News - This includes a different TrueZer0 video showing their Lander.
Unreasonable Rocket plans test on Wednesday - RLV News
Long Pixel tethered test - RLV News
I've been posting enough about them lately that I've added a tag for them, although I didn't apply it (yet?) to the old posts on them.
Briefs: Unreasonable plans Wed. tests; TrueZer0 vehicle - RLV News - This includes a different TrueZer0 video showing their Lander.
Unreasonable Rocket plans test on Wednesday - RLV News
Long Pixel tethered test - RLV News
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