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2 Companies Win NASA's Moon-Landing Prize Money

Posted by timothy on from the what-happened-to-$150k? dept.

coondoggie writes "NASA said it will this week award $1.65 million in prize money to a pair of aerospace companies that successfully simulated landing a spacecraft on the moon and lifting off again. NASA's Centennial Challenges program, which was managed by the X Prize Foundation, will give a $1 million first prize to Masten Space Systems and a $500,000 second prize to Armadillo Aerospace for successfully completing the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge."

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  1. Carmack was robbed by HEbGb · · Score: 4, Interesting

    http://www.parabolicarc.com/2009/10/30/armadillos-mccormack-robbed-ngllc-judges/

    The other team had a whole extra day to improve their results that Armadillo did not. This is totally and blatantly unfair, and he has every right to be pissed.

    Garbage like this will dissuade other teams from entering, no doubt.