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Visioneering The Future

04/23/2013 by Dr. Peter H. Diamandis
This week at XPRIZE's Visioneering 2013, 120 of the world's visionary thinkers will gather for three days to discuss the world's grand challenges, and how we might solve them using incentive competitions.
from X PRIZE Foundation Blog
Rocket City Space Pioneers Team Interview
10/25/2012
Nathan Wong
An interview with Google Lunar X PRIZE team Rocket City Space Pioneers, based in the USA. Team Leader, Tim Pickens discuses getting people interested in their team and their collaboration with universities and high schools. 
Pushing Forward to Solutions For China's Energy Sector
10/24/2012
Christopher Frangione
Christopher Frangione is Senior Director of Energy & Environment at the X PRIZE Foundation. China has about one-sixth of the world's people. It has one of the world's fastest-growing economies and now its second-largest one. With that economic success comes growing expectations among its 1.3 billion citizens. Ensuring that vast economy has the energy resources to power this success is critical.
Lunar Landing Sites
10/24/2012
Leo Camacho
With all the buzz in the media lately about the status of the teams competing in the Google Lunar X PRIZE and who's leading, I thought it would be fun to add a little visual stimulation to compliment all the articles being written.
Lunar Roundup: Hopping, Running, and Rolling
10/23/2012
Nick Azer
For this week's top five highlights, Omega Envoy scored yet another big partner, while Moon Express talked about the importance of competition; TechNewsDaily took a good look at Hopper technology; JURBAN made an entertaining video; and our own Nathan Wong tackled the challenges of the lunar surface.
The Challenges of a Lunar Mission
10/22/2012
Nathan Wong
The Challenges of a Lunar Mission This article is part two in a five part series about going back to the Moon with the Google Lunar X PRIZE by Nathan Wong.We learned that getting to the Moon is not simple process, but the challenges do not end once we reach the surface. One of the main challenges associated with the Google Lunar X PRIZE is surface mobility, but there are also other challenges to consider that must be understood and overcome in order to complete any mission successfully.
Moon Express Team Interview
10/19/2012
Leo Camacho
An interview with Google Lunar X PRIZE team Moon Express, based in the USA. Public Outreach Liaison, Brad Kohlenberg, discusses The Moon and Me media campaign and what the moon means to him.
Lunar Roundup: Two Teams United
10/16/2012
Nick Azer
This week's top five highlights! Omega Envoy and Angelicum joined forces for their mission, while SpaceIL announced their funding numbers; Omega Envoy scored a partnership with Trelleborg Sealing; Popular Mechanics shared their picks for who is winning in the PRIZE; and ARCA unveiled a new strategy.
Team Summit Video: Astrobotic
10/11/2012
Nathan Wong
An interview with Google Lunar X PRIZE team Astrobotic, from the USA. President John Thorton describes their Ice Breaker mission to find water on the poles of the Moon.
Lunar Roundup: Big News, Big Stakes!
10/09/2012
Nick Azer
The top five highlights of the week---and what a huge week around the X PRIZE! Synergy Moon is offering lunar land claims, Odyssey Moon is launching to the ISS, Omega Envoy secures more funding, Astrobotic reveals their latest Polaris rover, and STELLAR provides some cool insight to the strategies of funding between teams!
From the Earth to the Moon
10/08/2012
Nathan Wong
From the Earth to the MoonThis article is part one of a five part series about going back to the Moon with the Google Lunar X PRIZE by Nathan Wong“It’s not the destination, it’s the journey.” Well in the case of the Google Lunar X PRIZE it is both. Building systems that can operate on the Moon is a difficult task, but so is the task of getting a payload to the lunar surface safely. There have been 19 successful soft landings on the Moon, from Luna 9 on January 31, 1966 to Luna 24 on August 14, 1976, including the Apollo missions.

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