[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 27, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 25282]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-11921]


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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice (09-041)]


Notice of Centennial Challenges--2009 Lunar Lander Challenge

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of Centennial Challenges--2009 Lunar Lander Challenge

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SUMMARY: This notice is issued in accordance with 42 U.S.C. 
2451(314)(d). The 2009 Lunar Lander Challenge is now scheduled and 
teams that wish to compete may soon register (see contact information 
below). The NASA Centennial Challenges is a program of prize contests 
to stimulate innovation and competition in technologies of interest and 
value to NASA and the nation. The Lunar Lander Challenge is a prize 
competition designed to accelerate technology developments in reusable 
rocket-powered vehicles including vehicles capable of ferrying cargo or 
humans between lunar orbit and the lunar surface as well as future 
Earth launch vehicles or other rocket-powered vehicles. The Lunar 
Lander Challenge is administered for NASA by the X Prize Foundation. 
The prize purse is funded by NASA.

DATES: The 2009 Lunar Lander Challenge will be held as an open period 
of competition for flight attempts between July 1, 2009, and October 
31, 2009.

LOCATION: The 2009 Lunar Lander Challenge attempts will be conducted at 
locations chosen by the competing teams.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: To register for and get additional information 
regarding the 2009 Lunar Lander Challenge including rules, team 
agreements, eligibility and prize criteria, visit the Web site at 
http://space.xprize.org/ng-lunar-lander-challenge or contact Mr. 
William Pomerantz, X Prize Foundation, 5510 Lincoln Blvd., Suite 100, 
Playa Vista, CA 90094, phone: 310.741.4910, e-mail: [email protected]. 
Questions and comments regarding the NASA Centennial Challenges Program 
should be addressed to Mr. Andrew Petro, NASA Headquarters, Washington, 
DC, phone: 202-358-0310 e-mail: [email protected]. The Centennial 
Challenges Web site is http://www.ip.nasa.gov/cc.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To qualify to win a prize in this challenge, 
a rocket-propelled vehicle with an assigned payload must take off 
vertically, climb to a defined altitude, fly for a pre-determined 
amount of time, then land vertically on a target that is a fixed 
distance from the take-off point. After remaining at this location for 
a period of time, the vehicle must take off, fly for the same amount of 
time, and land again on its original launch pad.
    The remaining prize purse for this challenge is $1,650,000 
distributed as follows: Level 2 1st prize: $1,000,000, Level 2 2nd 
prize: $500,000 and Level 1 2nd prize: $150,000. The Level 1 1st prize 
of $350,000 was awarded in 2008.
    In the case of individuals, prizes can only be awarded to US 
citizens or permanent residents and in the case of corporations or 
other entities, prizes can only be awarded to those that are 
incorporated in and maintain a primary place of business in the United 
States.

    Dated: May 14, 2009.
Douglas A. Comstock,
Director, Innovative Partnerships Program.
[FR Doc. E9-11921 Filed 5-26-09; 8:45 am]
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