Category Archives: Google Lunar XPRIZE

Friday / 18 July 2014

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GLXP & NASA Focus On Moon Education, Exploration Initiatives

GLXP & NASA Education, Exploration

“Exploring Apollo Now” Google Lunar XPrize Team Hangout Q+A Hosted 22 July By Astronomer Pamela Gay Will Feature Team Stellar & GLXP Competition Judge Derek Webber; 20 July NASA ARC “Lunar and Small Bodies Graduate Conference” To Be Followed By “Next Generation Lunar Scientists & Engineers Workshop”; Morpheus Lander Planning Meetings Continue, May Fly Again Pending FY15 Funding; Astrobotic, Moon Express, Masten Working With NASA Under Lunar CATALYST Partnership Opportunity

Image Credit: GLXP, Team Stellar, NASA

Thursday / 19 June 2014

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Astrobotic Wants To Facilitate 1st Race On Moon

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Astrobotic Technology Offering To Carry At Least 4 GLXP Team Rovers To Lunar Surface On Its Inaugural Mission To Lacus Mortis Region; Rovers Would  Simultaneously Begin 500-Meter Race To Win GLXP After Landing; CEO John Thornton Says This Will Create More Exciting Race, 1st International Competition On Another World; New Astrobotic Website Features Innovative ‘Configure Your Mission’ Page For Potential Payload Customers; Charging US$1.2M/kg For Delivery To Lunar Surface

Image Credit: GLXP

Friday / 13 June 2014

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SpaceMETA Becomes 3rd GLXP Team To Announce Official Launch Agreement

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Brazil-Based SpaceMETA Signs MoU With Alcantara Cyclone Space Co To Deliver ‘Solitaire’ Payload To Orbit For Subsequent Translunar Orbit Injection; Cyclone Family Has 222 Successful Launches, Developing 3-Stage Cyclone 4 With Goal Of ~US$50M Launch Cost; Astrobotic & Barcelona Moon Announced Launches Earlier; Founder Of SpaceMETA Sergio Cabral Cavalcanti – Presenter At Inaugural 2013 Galaxy Forum Brazil – Wants To Create Ambitious Starting Point From Which Future Generations Can Expand

Image Credit: SpaceMETA, GLXP, ACS

Tuesday / 10 June 2014

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Moon Express Featured At IdeaCity 2014

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NewSpace Company Moon Express President Andy Aldrin & CEO Bob Richards Featured Presenters At Canada’s Premier Meeting Of The Minds: IdeaCity 2014, 18-20 June, Toronto; Limited To 600 Attendees, The Event Brings Together 50 Uniquely Distinguished Intellectuals & Adventurers To Air New Concepts And Create ‘An Incubator For Inspiration’; All-Access Pass CAD$3500 + HST; Moon Express Is Currently Developing A Series Of Missions To The Lunar Surface Beginning With Its 2015 Attempt To Win The GLXP

Image Credit: ideacityonline.com

Friday / 6 June 2014

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Ken Murphy Cislunar Cinema Inventory

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President At The Moon Society & Space Finance Group Holdings LLC, Ken Murphy (BR) Details 87 Films From 1902-2013 Focused On Cislunar Space; Parts 1 & 2 Put Films Into Context Based On Era (Space Age, Post-Apollo…) & Generation (Baby Boomers, Gen X…) With Analysis Of Past, Present, Future Trends; Planned 2015 GLXP Video Streaming From Moon Surface May Be Most Valuable / Catalytic Lunar Film Of 21st Century; Moon Needs More Advocates For Its Own ‘Mars One Reality Show‘

Image Credit: GLXP, G. Pal, S. Kubrick, J. Lancett, S. Fenegan, Moonandback Media

Thursday / 29 May 2014

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GLXP Team SpaceIL Advances Mission Funding

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SpaceIL Crowdfunding Campaign Seeks To Raise $1 For Every Mile To The Moon (240,000), Runs Through 17 June, US$58,000 Raised In First Week, Team Says Overarching Goal Is To Raise Awareness / Create Apollo-Like Excitement Among Youth; Israel-Based Team Already Raised $20M Of Projected $36M Mission Budget, Including $16.4M Grant From Casino Magnate Sheldon Adelson; A Private Group Is Looking To Send Hand-Printed Torah Scroll To Moon, Group Working On Payload Contract With Barcelona Moon Team After Talks With SpaceIL Broke Down

Image Credit: SpaceIL, Yuya Shino

Wednesday / 21 May 2014

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Team Phoenicia Supports RevUp Render Lunar Iditarod Challenge

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Dogecoin-Fueled Competition Will Take Place In Several Stages Culminating In 3-Way Mini-Rover Race On Moon; DogeSled Rovers Will Be Transported To Lunar Surface Aboard Phoenicia-1 Mission, Along With Penn State Lunar Lion GLXP Rover, Q4 2015; Registration To Compete In 1st Stage Of Competition Due 21 May, Entry Fee 2,250,000 Dogecoins (~US$1,100); Team Phoenicia CEO Will Baird Believes Bringing Together Dogecoin, Robotics, NewSpace Communities Will Help Each Grow Stronger 

Image Credit: Lunar Iditarod, Dogecoin, Team Phoenicia

Weekend Edition
Fri-Mon / 25-28 April 2014

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Friends Of The Moon Campaign: USA Scientists Call For Human Moon Exploration

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Clive Neal Urging Scientific Community To Write Letters To Congress & Obama Administration Stating Priority / Importance Of USA Human Moon Missions; Campaign Is In Response To Recent NASA Blunt Anti-Moon Exploration Statements; Neal Notes Administration Consistently Claims That It Listens To & Integrates Advice O f Scientists In Policy Making; GLXP Teams Using Lunar Exploration Opportunities To Inspire Next Generation Of Scientists

Image Credit: NASA, GLXP, nd.edu

Thursday / 10 April 2014

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NSS-Sponsored Initiatives Advancing Moon Exploration

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NSS International Committee, Sponsored by David Dunlop, Proposing Initiation Of International Lunar Geophysical Campaign To Advance Scientific Exploration Of Moon & Broaden Number Of Countries Participating In Lunar Exploration / Commercial Development; High & Middle School Students Working To Design Payloads For GLXP Missions In Moon Mission Challenge, Affiliate Of NSS; Teams Learning About Challenges Of Lunar Surface Operation, Payload Engineering, Will Present Payload Concepts At 27 Apr USA Science & Engineering Festival In Washington DC

Image Credit: National Space Society

Wednesday / 9 April 2014

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SpaceIL Participating In Google Hangout Today

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ISRAEL21c Hosting Google Hangout With (R-L) SpaceIL Co-Founder Kfir Damari, Head Of Mission Analysis Adam Green, Business Development Director Daniel Saat On 9 Apr, Noon EDT (19:00 IDT); Members Of The Israel-Based GLXP Team Will Be Interviewed By Viva Press Of ISRAEL21c, Then Address Questions Submitted Through Facebook & Youtube Livechat; At Least 10 Schools To Participate In Hangout; SpaceIL Intends To Donate GLXP Winnings To Israel STEM Education   

Image Credit: SpaceIL, Google, ISRAEL21c