Posted on 10/20/2005 6:57:27 PM PDT by KevinDavis
Masten Space Systems announced Wednesday that it strongly supported the recent agreement between NASA and the X Prize Foundation to develop two suborbital Centennial Challenges and that, pending announcements on rules, it looked forward to participating.
While the two new Challenges are restricted to suborbital ranges, they represent increases in altitude and technology that push the marketplace forward.
The Suborbital Payload Challenge is a prize for the first team to achieve altitudes useful to scientific research payloads, such as astronomical and atmospheric research instruments and longer-duration micro-gravity experiments. These altitudes are typically in excess of 200 kilometers and as high as 1,600 kilometers.
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ping for Dave Masten!
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