2 Companies Win NASA's Moon-Landing Prize Money

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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Re:It ended in some amount of controversy

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Well, I'm just a little weary of Carmack. I'm pretty sure he's just trying to get to Mars so he can open the Portal to hell. I think DOOM was more than a game, he knows about something on the surface of Mars and isn't sharing any info.

Its all part of his plans for Galactic domination.

I all seriousness though, we all know he won. After thinking about it more I can remember several times in my life were I felt like he seems to. "Yes, I'm supposed to be a good sport about losing, but the rules are sorta BS and we got shafted, so allow me to vent for a minute".

I can understand that I guess.

I mostly hope he doesn't turn away from future things like this. I think he's rather a douchebag, but a smart douchebag, and far far better than most of the smart douchebags we deal with in the world.