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2008 Lunar Lander Challenge Teams Announced

Posted by timothy on from the best-of-luck-to-all-entrants dept.

anzha writes "The X Prize Foundation announced on Monday the competing teams for the 2008 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge. This year there are ten teams competing for the two prizes. The XPF has a nice matchup utility to compare the different teams' rockets. The one downside to this year though is that the competition will not have an accompanying X Prize Cup. It will be webcast, though. Full disclosure: I am on a team."

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  1. If they beat my Lunar Lander high score... by seanonymous · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'll just unplug the console when nobody's looking.

  2. Re:Good Luck by seanonymous · · Score: 5, Funny

    Everybody knows that the third wish is supposed to be for three more wishes. Now hand over the lamp.

  3. Re:To the moon, Alice! by Stanistani · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now, Ralph, you know you don't mean that. Now let's go watch Captain Video...

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  4. Full disclosure? by Chris+Burke · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Full disclosure: I am on a team."

    Uh, maybe I'm just being a grammar nazi here, but that sounds like partial disclosure to me. Full disclosure would have been saying what team you're on.

    Also where you live, what kind of cool stuff you have in your house, and a list of times when you're not home.

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    1. Re:Full disclosure? by dgarbett · · Score: 4, Funny

      I think you mean a semantics nazi.

    2. Re:Full disclosure? by D-Cypell · · Score: 4, Funny

      I must read 'Mein Kampf' at some point. The subject matter holds little interest with me, but with all these proof-reading Nazi's the language must be absolutely flawless!

  5. Obligatory futurama quote by uberjack · · Score: 5, Funny

    Full disclosure: I am on a team.

    Fine. I'll go build my own lunar lander. with blackjack! and hookers!

  6. I'm dead sure by Pecholata · · Score: 1, Funny

    If E.T. made it to take off with his shitty bike, give Chuck Norris a mountain bike landing to the moon will be a walk in the park

  7. Re:Good Luck by zaphle · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...And even if they support recursion, you have to watch out for genie stack overflow.

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