Category Archives: Google Lunar XPRIZE

Friday / 12 July 2013

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Astrobotic Reduces Moon Payload Delivery Cost

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GLXP Team Astrobotic Technologies Inc. Offers 30% Price Reduction For Payload Delivery To Moon Aboard Its Lunar Lander / Rover With Launch Set Oct 2015 Via SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket; US$99K/kg For Trans-Lunar Injection, $1.2M/kg For Lunar Surface Delivery On Lander, $2M/kg On Rover; Lander & Rover Will Power & Support Payload Operations For 10 Days, Then Hibernate For 14-Day Lunar Night & Recover After Sunrise, Continue Operations

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Tuesday / 25 June 2013

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Google+ Offers Opportunity For GLXP Teams

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Celebrity Theoretical Physicist Michio Kaku To Host CBS Feature Via Google Hangout To Showcase The 2 GLXP Teams With The Most Google+ Influence; Support Teams By Adding To ‘Circles’ Or Commenting On Their Google+ Posts; Penn State Lunar Lion Team Seeks Google+ Support, Team Leader Michael Paul Featured In Latest ‘Newt University‘ Interview With Newt Gingrich

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Weekend Edition / Fri-Mon 14-17 June 2013

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Google Lunar X PRIZE Update: Barcelona Moon, Summit 2014

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Barcelona Moon Team Developing Baseline Plan For Mission Build, Integration, Launch Logistics; Lander Module Structure To Be Built In Spain, Sent To China For Propulsion System Integration, Back to Spain For Electronics Integration & AIT Campaign, Again To China For Assembly On Top Of Long March 2C-CTS2 For Launch NET June 2014; Penn State Lunar Lion Team Bid To Host 2014 Summit At University Park, Pennsylvania, USA Bolstered By Support From Senator Pat Toomey

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Weekend Edition / Fri-Tues 24-28 May 2013

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2013 Rising Lunar Tide

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As USA / World Remembers 52nd Anniversary Of JFK Moon Declaration To Congress, New Generation Of Lunar Pioneers Proclaim Intentions / Outline Plans For Sustainable Return To Moon At Prestigious International Events; ISDC 2013 In San Diego CA, Lunar Track Focusing On Human Explorations Of Moon; Galaxy Forum Canada – Vancouver Featuring Alan Stern (CL) Of Golden Spike, Bob Richards (CR) Of Moon Express, Jim Keravala (R) Of Shackleton Energy Co, Steve Durst (L) Of ILOA, More

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Friday / 19 April 2013

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Google Lunar X PRIZE Update

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20 GLXP Teams At Recent Chile Summit Give Updates On Progress: White Label Space Now Solely Based In Japan Will Change Name; Part-Time Scientists Working On COMRAY Project To Provide Communications With In-Space Assets; Independence-X Scoping Out Potential Launch Sites In Malaysia; Barcelona Moon Announces Launch Contract Jun 2014; Astrobotic / SpaceX Has Launch Oct 2015; Omega Envoy & Moon Express Plan 2015 Launches; More Collaborations / Mergers, Publicity Expected

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Weekend Edition / Fri-Mon 29 Mar-1 Apr 2013

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GLXP Team Summit In Chile

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23 Teams Remaining In The Google Lunar X PRIZE Will Meet In Santiago, Chile For 4-Day Team Summit Beginning 2 April; Several Major Announcements Are Expected Involving Financing, Launch Agreements, Team Mergers, Etc.; Meeting Should Help Distinguish Contenders From Pretenders As Teams Need To Have Financing And Launch Agreements In Place To Complete Mission By End 2015 Deadline 

Image Credit: GLXP

Wednesday / 27 February 2013

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GLXP Teams Gearing Up For Team Summit

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April 2013 GLXP Team Summit In Chile Will Provide Opportunity For Teams To Showcase Their Progress; Penn State Lunar Lions, Only University-Led Team, Prototype Propeller-Driven Model Rover In Final Stages; White Label Space Now With Full Operations In Japan; Tim Pickens Advancing Moon Express Propulsion Engineering At New ME Headquarters In Huntsville, AL; Team Stellar Says GLXP Will Lead To Better Meteor Protection

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Thursday / 14 February 2013

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SpaceIL Hopes To Inspire Israel Youth With Moon Mission

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GLXP Team SpaceIL Claims They Have Raised US$20M Towards US$30M Moon Mission, Announces New Commercial Sponsor: Bezeq; SpaceIL CTO Yonatan Winetraub Says 120kg-Spacecraft Will “Hitch A Ride” With Commercial Rocket, Then Utilize Hopping Technology, Video Cameras Developed By Elbit-Elop, & Bezeq Optical-Fiber Technology To Achieve GLXP Requisite Tasks; Ultimate Goal Is To Inspire Youth, Stimulate Science Education In Israel & Beyond

Image Credit: Israel21c.org, GLXP

Tuesday / 12 February 2013

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Could Athena Again Launch Lunar Mission?

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Athena Emerging As Potential Launch Vehicle For Lunar Missions; More Launch Providers = More Competition / Lower Costs, Thus Goes Argument Inspiring US Air Force To Select Launch Vehicles Like Athena & Falcon 9; With Prior Success Launching A Lunar Mission (Lunar Prospector, 1998) The Lockheed Martin Rocket Could Also Be Viable Option For Emerging Commercial Space Moon Missions 

Image Credit: NASA, GLXP

Wednesday / 30 January 2013

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Destination Moon

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International Lunar Activity Gaining Momentum In 2010s As China Prepares For Chang’e-3,4,5 Lunar Lander Missions In 2013, 2015, 2017; Russia Luna-Glob Orbiter In 2015, Luna-Glob / Luna-Resurs Polar Landers in 2016, 2017; USA LADEE Orbiter In 2013; India Chandrayaan-2 Lander ~2015; Japan SELENE-2 Lander ~2018; Private Enterprise GLXP Landers 2014-2015, ILO-1 Lander 2015-2016, Golden Spike Company Human Mission ~2019

Credit: Dwayne Day – The Space Review

Image Credit: Corby Waste, fourth-millennium.net