Just got word (at 9:15 am MDT) that Armadillo is about 15 minutes away from fully pressurizing their LOX tanks, at which time they’ll be ready to fly.
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Just after 8:30 am MDT Armadillo started their second attempt to win the Level One Lunar Lander Challenge, trigging a 2.5-hour launch window. They’re in the process of taking Pixel out to the launch site right now. Otherwise it has been pretty quiet here, with no launches or engine tests so far this morning. That […] I talked with Ken Davidian of NASA’s Centennial Challenges program this morning and because of some logistical issues they won’t be able to have any of the microwave-powered climbers operate at the airport. Instead, they’ll head later in the day back to the county fairgrounds, several miles to the west where the qualifying runs took […] At about 7:15 am MDT Armadillo Aerospace showed up with a repaired Pixel vehicle, ready to make another attempt later this morning for the Lunar Lander Challenge Level 1. John Carmack said that they made a number of fixes to Pixel overnight, including replacing the landing legs with the ones from Texel, replacing some burned […] A quasi-random collection of links to other coverage from Friday’s events: MSNBC’s Alan Boyle has a good recap of yesterday’s events, including Armadillo’s flight as well as other events; SPACE.com’s X Prize special section has several reports on the day’s events. CNET News.com has an article and some photo galleries of the event; Clark Lindsay […] One of the other events that took place during the day Friday was a press conference where the Rocket Racing League (RRL) unveiled its first X-Racer rocketplane and its name, Thunderhawk. The event got some star power with guest appearances by Buzz Aldrin and Bill Richardson, the governor of New Mexico: (Richardson is the second […] Just arrived at the media center for day two of the Wirefly X Prize Cup. It’s still quiet here this morning, with only the faintest hints of light off to the east–sunrise is still about an hour away (fortunately, there’s now a light in the media tent so I can see what I’m doing.) No […] Here’s a brief video from the second flight of Dan Schlund, the “Rocketman”, during the X Prize Cup Friday afternoon. Unfortunately from the standpoint of those in the media gathered on a riser to the left of the media tent, Schlund moved to the right, and kept to a low altitude, which meant he disappeared […] I’ve put together on Flickr a collection of photos I took during the X Prize Cup on Friday. Some of these are similar to or the same as what I posted throughout the day, while others offer other glimpses of activities throughout the day. |
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