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+CENTENNIAL CHALLENGES UPDATE - July 2006
+
+In This Issue:
+
+- CENTENNIAL CHALLENGES BREAKING NEWS: Lunar Lander Challenge Announced
+
+- CENTENNIAL CHALLENGES IN THE NEWS: Hartford Courant Article
+
+- CENTENNIAL CHALLENGES HIGHLIGHTS:
+ + 2006-2007 Astronaut Glove Challenge Workshop
+ + Centennial Challenges Mini-Workshop
+ + Centennial Challenges Allied Organization Panel
+
+- SPECIAL CENTENNIAL CHALLENGES ANNOUNCEMENTS
+
+- CENTENNIAL CHALLENGES NOTES
+
+- LINKS TO COMPETITIONS
+
+- FUTURE PUBLIC APPEARANCES
+
+
+========== CENTENNIAL CHALLENGES BREAKING NEWS ==========
+
+LUNAR LANDER CHALLENGE ANNOUNCED
+
+NASA's Deputy Administrator Shana Dale announced the Centennial
+Challenges program has signed an agreement with the X PRIZE Foundation
+to conduct the Lunar Lander Challenge.  Dale made the announcement at
+the National Space Society International Space Development conference
+(NSS ISDC) in Los Angeles on May 5, 2006. The challenge will take place
+at the X PRIZE Cup Expo in Las Cruces, New Mexico, October 20-21.
+
+The Lunar Lander Challenge is designed to accelerate technology
+developments supporting the commercial creation of a vehicle capable of
+ferrying cargo or humans back and forth between lunar orbit and the
+lunar surface. Such a vehicle would have direct application to NASA's
+space exploration goals as well as the personal spaceflight industry.
+Additionally, the prize will help industry build new vehicles and
+develop the operational capacity to operate quick turnaround vertical
+take-off, vertical landing vehicles, which will be of significant use to
+many facets of the commercial launch procurement market.
+
+NASA's contribution of $2 million to the Lunar Lander Challenge purse is
+the largest Centennial Challenge prize offered to date.  The Challenge
+is divided into levels one and two. To win prize money in either level,
+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 primary difference between
+the two levels will be in the time of flight, the surface terrain at the
+landing sites, and the corresponding degree of difficulty presented for
+precision landing and servicing of the vehicles.
+
+More details regarding the announcement can be found at
+centennialchallenges.nasa.gov and regarding the XPF at www.xprize.org.
+
+========== CENTENNIAL CHALLENGES IN THE NEWS ==========
+
+Hartford Courant article: The Hartford Courant attended the Astronaut
+Glove Challenge Workshop and reported on the event on April 25, 2006.
+The article includes interviews with potential competitors.
+
+The article "Mission: Design Better Gloves" can be read or downloaded
+off the web at the pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/advancedsearch.html by
+searching in the archives for 'astronaut glove.'
+
+
+========== CLASSIC CENTENNIAL CHALLENGES HIGHLIGHTS ==========
+
+2006-2007 Astronaut Glove Challenge Workshop
+
+NASA Astronaut Carl Walz presented his "first hand" experience with
+space suits and gloves at the Astronaut Glove Competition 2006 Workshop,
+April 24, 2006, at the New England Air Museum, Windsor Locks,
+Connecticut. The workshop was held by Volanz Aerospace, Inc., the Allied
+Organization that is administering and executing the Challenge for NASA.
+Walz and other space suit experts spoke to an audience that included
+prospective competitors about space suit and glove technology and the
+competition planned for April, 2007.
+
+Experts from Hamilton Sundstrand, ILC Dover, NASA Headquarters and
+academia discussed the state-of-the-art in glove technology, and gave a
+glove box demonstration and safety briefing. In addition, the current
+Challenge rules and team agreement were discussed and audience comments
+received. Information from the workshop is available on:
+www.astronaut-glove.us.
+
+Centennial Challenges Mini-Workshops
+
+Centennial Challenges program staff held three Mini-Workshop sessions to
+seek public input and ideas at two conferences, the National Space
+Society's International Space Development Conference (NSS ISDC) on May 5
+and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics'
+International Energy Conversion Exhibit and Conference on June 27.  The
+mini-workshop sessions focused on individual topics, including
+Environmental Control and Life Support Systems, Space Science, and Power
+and Energy Systems.  Each mini-workshop session was well attended and
+many new ideas for future competition were identified by participants.
+These ideas will be added to the Centennial Challenges database of
+potential competitions and evaluated as the program continues to evolve.
+
+
+Centennial Challenges and Allied Organization Panel
+
+Also at the NSS ISDC, NASA led a panel including five Centennial
+Challenges Allied Organization representatives.  This was the largest
+public gathering of such organizational leaders since the inception of
+the Centennial Challenges Program.  A large audience heard a program
+overview and an overview of the nine Challenges that have been announced
+to date.
+
+
+========== SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS ==========
+
+The Centennial Challenges website, centennialchallenges.nasa.gov has
+been reorganized and updated. Visit the site to see a current schedule
+of competitions and appearances. The website will include additional
+program background information and results in the future.
+
+Copies of past versions of past newsletters are now available from the
+Centennial Challenges web site in PDF format. Click on "Archives" in the
+navigation bar to the left of the home page and look under
+"Documents/Presentations".
+
+
+========== CENTENNIAL CHALLENGES NOTES ==========
+
+- The California Space Education & Workforce Institute (CSEWI) has
+received more than 161 "Notice of Interest" web-form submittals as of
+April 30 for the Regolith Excavation Challenge, to be held May 12, 2007.
+
+
+-       The Spaceward Foundation Challenges have received the following
+interest as of the end of April, 2006:
++ 2006 Beam Power: registered 20 teams and received 50 Notices of
++ Interest
+  + 2006 Tether: three notices of Interest
+
+========== LINKS TO COMPETITIONS ==========
+
+Visit the Centennial Challenges and the following websites for
+up-to-date status on the Challenges:
+
+2006 Beam Power Challenge
+- Challenge date: Oct. 20-21, 2006
+- Location: X PRIZE Cup event, Las Cruces, NM
+- Allied Organization: Spaceward Foundation
+- Total Purses: $200k
+- Challenge home page:
+www.elevator2010.org/site/competitionClimber2006.html
+- Rules:
+www.elevator2010.org/site/documents/climber_rulebook_2006.current.pdf
+- Registration: www.elevator2010.org/site/competitionClimber2006.html
+
+2006 Tether Challenge
+- Challenge date: Oct. 20-21, 2006
+- Location: X PRIZE Cup event, Las Cruces, NM
+- Allied Organization: Spaceward Foundation
+- Total Purses: $200k
+- Challenge home page:
+www.elevator2010.org/site/competitionTether2006.html
+- Rules:
+www.elevator2010.org/site/documents/tether_rulebook_2006.current.pdf
+- Registration: www.elevator2010.org/site/competitionTether2006.html
+
+2006 Lunar Lander Challenge
+- Challenge date: Oct. 20-21, 2006
+- Location: X PRIZE Cup Expo, Las Cruces, New Mexico
+- Allied Organization: X PRIZE Foundation
+- Total Purses: $2M
+- Challenge home page, rules:
+www.xprizefoundation.com/news/LunarLanding.asp
+- Registration: Contact the X PRIZE Foundation, William Pomerantz,
+(301)395-5283, will@xprize.org
+
+2007 Astronaut Glove Challenge
+- Challenge date: April 2007
+- Location: To be determined
+- Allied Organization: Volanz Aerospace
+- Total Purses: $250k
+- Challenge home page: www.astronaut-glove.us
+- Rules:  http://astronaut-glove.tripod.com/rules.pdf and
+http://astronaut-glove.tripod.com/rules.doc
+- Registration: www.astronaut-glove.us (see Team Agreement)
+
+2007 Regolith Excavation Challenge
+- Challenge date: May 12, 2007
+- Location: Santa Maria Fair Park, Santa Maria, California
+- Allied Organization: California Space Education & Workforce Institute
+(CSEWI)
+- Total Purses: $250k
+- Challenge home page: www.californiaspaceauthority.org/regolith
+- Rules: www.californiaspaceauthority.org/regolith/regolith-rules.pdf
+- Registration:
+www.californiaspaceauthority.org/regolith/team-registration.html
+
+2007 Personal Air Vehicle (PAV) Challenge
+- Challenge date: Mid-2007
+- Location: Santa Rosa, California
+- Allied Organization: Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency Foundation
+- Total Purses: $250k
+- Challenge home page: www.cafefoundation.org/v1/pav.htm
+- Rules: www.cafefoundation.org/v1/documents/TeamAgreement.pdf
+- Registration: to be announced
+
+2007 Telerobotic Construction Challenge
+- Challenge date: October, 2007
+- Location: Mountain View, California
+- Allied Organization: Spaceward Foundation
+- Total Purses: $50k
+- Challenge home page: www.spaceward.org, to be announced.
+- Rules: to be announced
+- Registration: to be announced
+
+2008 Planetary Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (PUAV) Challenge
+- Challenge date: May, 2008
+- Location: California
+- Allied Organization: California Space Education & Workforce Institute
+(CSEWI)
+- Total Purses: $250k
+- Challenge home page:
+www.californiaspaceauthority.org/html/level-one/institute.html, to be
+announced
+- Rules: to be announced
+- Registration: to be announced
+
+2008 MoonROx (Moon Regolith Oxygen) Challenge
+- Challenge date: expires June 1, 2008
+- Location: First to Demonstrate - dependent on team
+- Allied Organization: Florida Space Research Institute
+- Total Purses: $250k
+- Challenge home page: www.MoonROx.org
+- Rules: www.fsri.org/Grant%20Process%20Chart/MoonROx%20Rules.pdf
+- Registration: www.fsri.org/space_research_Moon_ROx.htm#Compete
+
+2008 Telerobotic Construction Challenge
+- Challenge date: October 2008
+- Location: Mountain View, California
+- Allied Organization: Spaceward Foundation
+- Total Purses: $200k
+- Challenge home page: www.spaceward.org, to be announced.
+- Rules: to be announced
+- Registration: to be announced
+
+========== FUTURE PUBLIC APPEARANCES ==========
+
+- July 9-12, 2006 - Centennial Challenges panel participation at AIAA
+Joint Propulsion Conference in Sacramento, CA.
+
+- July 21, 2006 - Centennial Challenges mini-workshop at the Space
+Frontier Foundation NewSpace 2006 Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
+
+- July 28, 2006 - Centennial Challenge participation in NASA Personal
+Air Vehicle Forums at the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA)
+AirVenture Oshkosh 2006, Oshkosh, WI
+
+- September 20, 2006 - Centennial Challenges panel participation at AIAA
+2006 Space Conference in San Jose, CA.
+
+- October 20-21, 2006 - Beam Power, Tether, and Lunar Lander Challenges
+at the X PRIZE Cup in Las Cruces, NM.