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Masten Qualifies For $1 Million Space Prize

Posted by Soulskill on from the fly-me-to-the-moon dept.

RobGoldsmith writes "Masten Space Systems successfully qualified for first place in level two of the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge Wednesday. Flying a brand new vehicle named XA-0.1E (nicknamed Xoie), Masten demonstrated their ability to build, debug and fly a vehicle on a very short timeline. " Reader lessgravity points out a video of the craft completing its mission. Apparently, the team was given an extra shot at the challenge on Friday after having trouble during their scheduled attempts on Wednesday and Thursday, which didn't please John Carmack, founder of rival team Armadillo Aerospace.

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  1. Re:I can well imagine that Carmack is royally POed by TheLink · · Score: 3, Funny

    Carmack's plan is to build a spacecraft to take him to Mars so that further research can be done - especially on interdimensional travel.

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  2. WA-5H? by Toze · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, if they've got XA-0.1E, how about WA-5H for the next version. Or maybe KA-7.33?

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