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X Prize Foundation Announces Lunar Lander Competitors

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the rooting-for-the-underdogs dept.

Raver32 writes to tell us the X Prize Foundation has announced eight of the nine groups planning to compete in this year's Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge. "The ninth team requested to remain confidential, lending an air of controversy to the announcement. Space bloggers have surmised the ninth team is Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, but sources told SPACE.com that information was wrong. Their confidentiality period ends 60 days before the start of the competition at which time the X Prize Foundation will announce the team's name."

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  1. Been Done by Divebus · · Score: 3, Funny

    Pow - Zoom - Right to the moon, Alice!

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  2. The secret contenders are ILM by Timesprout · · Score: 3, Funny

    And my money is on them to win by not just landing on the moon but converting it into an orbiting battle station and calling it a death moon or something like that.

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  3. Fine by zdude255 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Fine, I'll make my own Lunar Lander, with Blackjack and hookers!

    1. Re:Fine by jizziknight · · Score: 3, Funny

      Forget the Lunar Lander and the Blackjack!

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  4. the anonymous team is... by tverbeek · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...the animated corpse of Howard Hughes. He's building the lander out of wood.

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  5. My money is on Billy Mitchell by El_Smack · · Score: 3, Funny

    Billy Mitchell is pretty good at lots of games, so I'm guessing he could practice up and be a contender on Lunar Lander.
    Scott Safran will undoubtedly win the next contest, which I assume to be Asteroids, since it was released next.
    After that, BattleZone, Missile Command, Centipede, Tempest, etc.
    I think it's pretty cool that these X-Prize guys have taken an interest in classic Atari Coin Op.

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  6. Lunar Lander? Excellent! by Applekid · · Score: 4, Funny

    I logged many many hours simulating a Lunar Lander. Hopefully they kept the controls the same.

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  7. Disney is the Mystery Team by Jason+Levine · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's obvious. The mystery team is Disney. They plan on opening a theme park on the moon. They already have their top fungineers working on the design.

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  8. The secret contender by bflong · · Score: 3, Funny

    The ninth team requested to remain confidential..... Their confidentiality period ends 60 days before the start of the competition at which time the X Prize Foundation will announce the team's name.

    And the winner is.......... _Drumroll_..... NASA!

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  9. Re:What is our limitation? by TroyM · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, I think they're made in China