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Lunar Lander Challenge: Meet the Competition
Three remaining teams compete in the 2009 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge. The teams are large and small, both billion-dollar companies and backyard rocketeers hoping to make a name for themselves. Here, a closer look at the rockets from Armadillo, Masten, and Unreasonable Rocket.
- A father-son team, both named Paul Breed, is responsible for Unreasonable Rocket -- two vehicles based on the same technology. Sadly, Paul Breed Sr. declared the slightly larger Silver Ball "dead," after a leg punctured the rocket's tank later in the day.read moreLunar Lander Challenge/TwitpicShare
- Armadillo Aerospace was founded by video game pioneer John Carmack. The company's Scorpius Super Mod rocket successfully completed Level 2 of the challenge on September 2nd, but wasn't involved in the weekend's activity.read moreArmadilo AerospaceShare
- Armadillo Aerospace was founded by video game pioneer John Carmack. The company's Scorpius Super Mod rocket successfully completed Level 2 of the challenge on September 2nd, but wasn't involved in the weekend's activity. Here a close up of the rocket exhaust.read moreArmadillo AerospaceShare
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Lunar Lander Challenge: Meet the Competition
Three remaining teams compete in the 2009 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge. The teams are large and small, both billion-dollar companies and backyard rocketeers hoping to make a name for themselves. Here, a closer look at the rockets from Armadillo, Masten, and Unreasonable Rocket.
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