Armadillo Aerospace Claims Level 2 Lunar Lander Prize

Posted by kdawson on Sunday September 13, 2009 @12:12AM from the putting-it-down-easy dept.

Dagondanum writes "Armadillo Aerospace has officially won the 2009 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge Level 2, on a rainy day at Caddo Mills, Texas. Reports came in from various locations during the day and spectators posted videos and images using social networking tools such as Twitter. The Level 2 prize requires the rocket to fly for 180 seconds before landing precisely on a simulated lunar surface constructed with craters and boulders. The minimum flight times are calculated so that the Level 2 mission closely simulates the power needed to perform a real descent from lunar orbit down to the surface of the Moon. First place is a prize of $1 million while second is $500,000."

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Re:Woohooo by JustOK · 2009-09-13 01:12 · Score: 5, Funny

left arrow, left arrow,left arrow,right arrow,up,up,Up,UP,UP!,UP, shit, we made it.

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Girlfriend's reaction by YourExperiment · 2009-09-13 03:11 · Score: 4, Funny

My girlfriend* just walked in the room and saw me watching the video of the successful flight. All she said was "No, you can't have one."
To be fair, she was joking... I think.
* Don't even think about it.