Bad timing

The X Prize Cup organizers just had one of the prize officials on the big screens here being interviewed. He was explaining about how Pixel landed right near the end of the pad (about 15-20 cm away from the edge, at it turned out), and had just started to discuss an issue with one of the vehicle’s leg–when the PA announcer interrupted to tell attendees that Anousheh Ansari would be available to sign autographs in another tent. (The PA announcer was almost drowned out by the groans of those of us in the media tent.)

An X Prize official did come in a moment later to state that one of the legs had snapped off on landing, but that the leg could be repaired and Pixel would fly again to compete the Level 1 challenge.

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