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• SEMA 2009: eVARO plug-in hybrid three-wheeler debuts, returns

  
  Autoblog Green — Authority: 683
  Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Hybrid , SEMA Show , Green Daily eVaro - Click above for high-res image gallery If the eVaro from Future Vehicles Technologies pictured above looks familiar, then perhaps youve been following the development of the Alé. A reddish orange Alé, developed by FVT when it still ...
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• Stellar deal: NASA awards $2 million to X PRIZE winners for helping develop a lunar lander

  
  Innovation Toronto — Authority: 438
  Image by Goddard Photo and Video Blog via Flickr Less than one month after NASA crashed its Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) into the moon’s surface in order to analyze the resulting plume of debris for signs of water , the U.S. space agency is handing out nearly $2 million on ...
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• SynergyMoon lander naming contest

  
  Lunar Pioneer — Authority: 438
  While there is not yet a hint on the official or team website , Mark Posen of eacademy.com claims the multinational Google Lunar X-Prize competitive team Synergy Moon is sponsoring a contest to rename its " Tesla Robotic Rover ." "I am proud and happy to be a member of Synergy Moon, and a team ...
  3 days ago

• SEMA 2009: Progressive Automotive X-Prize Contenders

  
  Autoblog Green — Authority: 683
  Filed under: SEMA Show , Automotive X-Prize EVI Wave2 Progressive Automotive X-Prize contender - Click above for high-res image gallery For us polar ice cap haters, we generally think of the competitors in this kind of thing as a bunch of ultra-light, tofu-fueled playthings for liberals who care more about ...
  3 days ago

• DOE Gives Ansari X-Prize Up To $5.5 Million

  
  New articles on eBoom — Authority: 118
  xprize-logo-lg.jpg The X PRIZE Foundation , a world leader in conducting incentive-based competitions to stimulate innovation, announced it will receive up to $5.5 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act , on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
  4 days ago

• SEMA 2009: Progressive Automotive X-Prize Contenders

  
  Autoblog — Authority: 788
  Filed under: SEMA Show , Hybrid , Performance , Technology , Alternative Fuel , Diesel EVI Wave2 Progressive Automotive X-Prize contender - Click above for a high-res image gallery For those of you who follow our sister site AutoblogGreen regularly, youre very familiar with the Automotive X-Prize , ...
  4 days ago

• Going Up? Top Floor, Space Elevator Games 2009

  
  Universe Today — Authority: 663
  BREAKING NEWS: LaserMotive successfully qualified for the $900,000 prize! Way to go! See more below. Though its unlikely that anyone will be pressing the elevator button labeled Space on one of the competitors vehicles this year at the 2009 Space Elevator Games , there is hope that a winner will walk away ...
  4 days ago

• Masten wins $1 million X-Prize on Last Possible Day

  
  Universe Today — Authority: 663
  The X-Prize competition for building a lander vehicle capable of making a simulated landing and liftoff on the Moon has come to a close, with the 1st place, $1 million award going to Masten Space Systems for their vehicle, Xoie (pronounced like the name Zoey). Armadillo Aerospace came in a close second, and ...
  5 days ago

• NASA and X Prize Announce Winners of Lunar Lander Challenge

  
  Astrocast.TV — Authority: 132
  NASA X-Prize Press Release WASHINGTON — NASA will award $1.65 million in prize money Thursday to a pair of innovative aerospace companies that successfully simulated landing a spacecraft on the moon and lifting off again. NASA’s Centennial Challenges program will give a $1 million first prize to Masten ...
  6 days ago

• X PRIZE Foundation, NASA Name $2M Lunar Lander Winners

  
  socalTECH.com - Southern California High Tech News — Authority: 562
  Playa Vista-based X PRIZE Foundation and NASA have named the winners of the $2M, Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander X PRIZE Challenge, after the finals were held over the weekend in the Mojave Desert. According to the groups, they will award $1M to Masten Space Systems, the largest award since the 2004 Ansari X PRIZE ...
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• Indy Transponder 03-NOV-09 1130z

  
  Indy Transponder — Authority: 438
  "August First" Aerobatics Team to fly J-10 fighter planes - Peoples Daily Online ... “August First” Aerobatics Team of the PLA Air Force which took the lead in flying over the Tiananmen Square during an air show of the military parade ... Getting 45 MPG at 207 MPH - Wired News The impressive number ...
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• Auto X Prize wins $5.5 million from DOE for its own prize-giving contest

  
  Autoblog Green — Authority: 683
  Filed under: SEMA Show , Automotive X-Prize While the Automotive X Prizes raison dêtre is to give out money to the best high-mileage vehicles and business plans in the $10 million contest, as the saying goes, it takes money to give out money. To that end, the AXP announced today that it has received $5.5 ...
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• DOE Gives X PRIZE Foundation $5.5M

  
  socalTECH.com - Southern California High Tech News — Authority: 562
  Playa Vista-based X Prize Foundation , the nonprofit group looking to spur technology innovation through cash-based prizes, has scored $5.5M from the Department of Energy. According to the DOE, it is awarding $5.5M from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to the foundation, as part of the Automotive X PRIZE ...
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• Congratulations and Thanks

  
  Gravity Loss — Authority: 113
  To Armadillo, Masten Space Systems, Unreasonable Rocket, The X Prize foundation and all the people in these organization and others! I was watching the webcasts a large portion of the weekend. A month ago, only one team, Armadillo, had ever done even a lunar lander challenge flight from one pad to another. And now ...
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• Lunar Lander Challenge wrap

  
  Lunar Pioneer — Authority: 438
  Doug Messier Parabolic Arc Reports out of Cantil indicate that Unreasonable Rocket has ended its quest to win the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge. During a test flight using a crane and tether, Unreasonable’s Silver Ball lander oscillated, broke the tether, and fell back onto the launch pad on its ...
  1 week ago

• More Winners Of The Lunar Lander Challenge

  
  Tai-Chi Policy — Authority: 442
  It looks like the prize is going to Masten . I kind of feel bad for Armadillo, as they had tried so many times and failed, and would have likely won the challenges earlier if the rules were relaxed to the current amount, and if they didn’t have to deal with so much regulatory crap, but I’m glad to see such a ...
  1 week ago

• Video of second flight of Mastin Xoie

  
  Lunar Pioneer — Authority: 438
  Lunar Pioneer, LLPThe Lunar CenturyGroup News Traffic via Lunar Networkshttp://lunarnetworks.blogspot.com
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• John Carmack calls foul on Mastins advantage

  
  Lunar Pioneer — Authority: 438
  Live Feed of Unreasonable Rockets Blue Ball, as the third team to seek Level 2 in the Northrup-Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge were working catalyst temperature issues, early Friday, in California. Dispute follows leg-up given by judges in Lunar Lander Challenge Keith Cowling NASA Watch " The rules have ...
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• Unreasonable Rocket goes for lander X-Prize

  
  Lunar Pioneer — Authority: 438
  Unreasonable Rocket goes for both Level 1 & Level 2 of the Northrup Grumman Lunar Lander X-Prize, beginning today. The Rocketry Blog Lunar Pioneer, LLPThe Lunar CenturyGroup News Traffic via Lunar Networkshttp://lunarnetworks.blogspot.com
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• Indy Transponder 31-OCT-09

  
  Indy Transponder — Authority: 438
  The 25th annual Wings Over Houston Airshow - Montgomery County Courier The 25th annual Wings Over Houston Airshow, featuring a wide array of military and experimental aircraft demonstrations and land-based exhibits and ... Warriors and Warbirds Air Show – WBT Celebrate Veterans Day Weekend at The ...
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