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Rocketeers Win $1 Million in Lunar Lander Contest
space.com ^
| 11/03/09
| Tarig Malik
Posted on 11/05/2009 7:41:48 PM PST by KevinDavis
A California-based team of engineers has snagged a $1 million NASA prize by winning a pitched competition to fly homemade rockets on mock moon landing missions.
Masten Space Systems of Mojave, Calif., successfully flew its rocket Xoie (pronounced Zoey) twice within a set time limit to qualify for the top Level 2 prize in the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge, a NASA-sponsored contest to build mock lunar landers.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Business/Economy; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: space
Congrats to Masten.....
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11/05/2009 7:42:29 PM PST
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KevinDavis
(Can't Stop the Signal!)
To: KevinDavis
Thanks for the lighthearted relief from all the PC drudgery.
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11/05/2009 7:46:16 PM PST
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fwdude
(It is not the liberals who will destroy this country, but the "moderates.")
To: KevinDavis
Please add me to your Space list. Thx
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11/05/2009 7:47:20 PM PST
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KoRn
(Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
To: KevinDavis
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11/05/2009 8:17:30 PM PST
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GeronL
(http://tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com .... I am a rogue nobody. One of millions.)
To: KevinDavis
Spacesuited man 1 to spacesuited man 2...
“Dude, where did we park?”
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11/05/2009 8:37:57 PM PST
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GeronL
(http://tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com .... I am a rogue nobody. One of millions.)
To: KevinDavis
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11/05/2009 11:08:01 PM PST
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wastedyears
(My 15 seconds of fame are on my profile.)
To: KevinDavis
First thought it said, “Racketeers” and oh, God, the Mafia is going to get there first.
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11/06/2009 6:43:28 PM PST
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UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide
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