Comments on: What’s going on with the X Prize Cup? http://www.newspacejournal.com/2006/07/22/whats-going-on-with-the-x-prize-cup/ Tracking the entrepreneurial space industry Fri, 12 Sep 2014 14:33:32 +0800 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: David http://www.newspacejournal.com/2006/07/22/whats-going-on-with-the-x-prize-cup/comment-page-1/#comment-5726 Mon, 24 Jul 2006 15:09:24 +0000 http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2006/07/22/whats-going-on-with-the-x-prize-cup/#comment-5726 Why waste time (and money) with the silly XCup? Everyone who is serious is moving forward with real vehicles, plans and goals.

]]> By: Gene http://www.newspacejournal.com/2006/07/22/whats-going-on-with-the-x-prize-cup/comment-page-1/#comment-5680 Sun, 23 Jul 2006 22:41:57 +0000 http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2006/07/22/whats-going-on-with-the-x-prize-cup/#comment-5680 Thanks for the update.

]]> By: Ken Davidian http://www.newspacejournal.com/2006/07/22/whats-going-on-with-the-x-prize-cup/comment-page-1/#comment-5655 Sun, 23 Jul 2006 17:00:09 +0000 http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2006/07/22/whats-going-on-with-the-x-prize-cup/#comment-5655 In addition to the Lunar Lander Challenge (which will still be pretty darn compelling even if there is only one team competing since there will still be a lot of purse money remaining to be won in future editions of the competition), there will be the Beam Power Challenge and the Tether Challenge competitions taking place at the XPCup event. And based on last year’s experience with these two competitions, and despite what one might think in advance, these will also be very compelling to watch. For obvious reasons, I’m pretty excited about all these competitions and I think the general public will be, too.

]]> By: Jeff Foust http://www.newspacejournal.com/2006/07/22/whats-going-on-with-the-x-prize-cup/comment-page-1/#comment-5644 Sun, 23 Jul 2006 13:06:28 +0000 http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2006/07/22/whats-going-on-with-the-x-prize-cup/#comment-5644 Rick,

UP Aerospace and JP Aerospace, despite their similar names, are different companies. UP Aerospace is focused on suborbital sounding rocket development. JP Aerospace, while having done some similar work in the past, is these days devoted primarily on high-altitude (aka “near space”) balloons and airships.

]]> By: Rick Horman http://www.newspacejournal.com/2006/07/22/whats-going-on-with-the-x-prize-cup/comment-page-1/#comment-5642 Sun, 23 Jul 2006 12:44:29 +0000 http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2006/07/22/whats-going-on-with-the-x-prize-cup/#comment-5642 UP Aerospace???
Is that JP Aerospace?

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