http://www.newspacejournal.com/2007/10/28/x-prize-cup-day-1-photos/ Tracking the entrepreneurial space industry Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:10:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.newspacejournal.com/2007/10/28/x-prize-cup-day-1-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-206430 shuttlegirl Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:26:34 +0000 http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2007/10/28/x-prize-cup-day-1-photos/#comment-206430 Ok, thanks ! Keep up the good work. Ok, thanks ! Keep up the good work.

]]> http://www.newspacejournal.com/2007/10/28/x-prize-cup-day-1-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-205853 Jeff Foust Sun, 28 Oct 2007 11:13:55 +0000 http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2007/10/28/x-prize-cup-day-1-photos/#comment-205853 There are only two windows each day to perform Lunar Lander Challenge flights: 8-10 am and 12:45-2:45 pm MDT. Thus, there was no opportunity to fly Pixel yesterday (and even if there was, I suspect the team would have focused on prize-qualifying flights versus demonstration flights.) This setup does make one wonder how the competition would have worked if multiple teams had vehicles ready to fly this year... There are only two windows each day to perform Lunar Lander Challenge flights: 8-10 am and 12:45-2:45 pm MDT. Thus, there was no opportunity to fly Pixel yesterday (and even if there was, I suspect the team would have focused on prize-qualifying flights versus demonstration flights.) This setup does make one wonder how the competition would have worked if multiple teams had vehicles ready to fly this year…

]]> http://www.newspacejournal.com/2007/10/28/x-prize-cup-day-1-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-205839 shuttlegirl Sun, 28 Oct 2007 09:19:24 +0000 http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2007/10/28/x-prize-cup-day-1-photos/#comment-205839 Thanks for the reports, video and first pictures. Too bad for Armadillo. They came so close... I suppose Pixel didn't even do any demo flight then? Thanks for the reports, video and first pictures. Too bad for Armadillo. They came so close… I suppose Pixel didn’t even do any demo flight then?

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