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Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Saturday, December 8, 2007
X-Prizes
X-Prizes are amazing things.
Competition and collaboration bring out the best in our species.
And by setting up a framework of competitive collaboration, the Ansari Foundation has done our species an incalculable good.
It is staggering to think that because of a competition, the first private space tourism company now exists, and will soon begin shuttling people into orbit.
Now, with the Lunar, Genome, and Automotive X-Prizes in full swing, we humans have a lot to look forward to.
A brief rundown:
Lunar: First team to launch, land, and operate a rover on the lunar surface. US$20 million to the first team to land a rover on the moon that successfully roves more than 500 meters and transmits back high definition images and video.
Genome (Archon): First Team that can build a device and use it to sequence 100 human genomes within 10 days or less, with an accuracy of no more than one error in every 100,000 bases sequenced, with sequences accurately covering at least 98% of the genome, and at a recurring cost of no more than $10,000 (US) per genome. Winning team wins US$10 million.
Automotive: Well, the exact guidelines are being decided, but the idea is a safe passenger car that gets 100mpg or more and can be mass-produced for less than 30k. I'm hazy on this one, but we'll know more soon.
Here are all three sites:
Google's Lunar X-Prize.
Genome X-Prize.
Automotive X-Prize.
Like a snowball rolling downhill, we steadily accumulate the technologies that will ensure our survival.
We need many X-Prizes. What about an AIDS vaccine X-Prize? Clean Water for All Humans X-Prize? So many choices.
Competition and collaboration bring out the best in our species.
And by setting up a framework of competitive collaboration, the Ansari Foundation has done our species an incalculable good.
It is staggering to think that because of a competition, the first private space tourism company now exists, and will soon begin shuttling people into orbit.
Now, with the Lunar, Genome, and Automotive X-Prizes in full swing, we humans have a lot to look forward to.
A brief rundown:
Lunar: First team to launch, land, and operate a rover on the lunar surface. US$20 million to the first team to land a rover on the moon that successfully roves more than 500 meters and transmits back high definition images and video.
Genome (Archon): First Team that can build a device and use it to sequence 100 human genomes within 10 days or less, with an accuracy of no more than one error in every 100,000 bases sequenced, with sequences accurately covering at least 98% of the genome, and at a recurring cost of no more than $10,000 (US) per genome. Winning team wins US$10 million.
Automotive: Well, the exact guidelines are being decided, but the idea is a safe passenger car that gets 100mpg or more and can be mass-produced for less than 30k. I'm hazy on this one, but we'll know more soon.
Here are all three sites:
Google's Lunar X-Prize.
Genome X-Prize.
Automotive X-Prize.
Like a snowball rolling downhill, we steadily accumulate the technologies that will ensure our survival.
We need many X-Prizes. What about an AIDS vaccine X-Prize? Clean Water for All Humans X-Prize? So many choices.
Odyssey Moon
By now you're all well aware of the Ansari X-Prize, but do you know about the GOOGLE LUNAR X-PRIZE?
"COMPETITION GUIDELINES: To win the Google Lunar X PRIZE, a team must successfully land a privately funded craft on the lunar surface and survive long enough to complete the mission goals of roaming about the lunar surface for at least 500 meters and sending a defined data package, called a “Mooncast”, back to Earth."
Well Odyssey Moon is the first team to complete registration!
I'll be paying rapt attention to this little contest as it unfolds!
Stay tuned, er... connected!
Neato!
love,
J
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Earthrise Redux
The Japanese Kaguya spacecraft has recreated the famous "Earth-rise" photo taken by William Anders during the Apollo 8 mission to the Moon on December 24, 1968
Lovely images courtesy of the Japanese Kaguya Lunar spacecraft.
The original shot from the Apollo Mission.
From News.com:
"JAXA's spacecraft is currently orbiting the moon and its equipment is being tested in preparation for its real mission to map the moon with high-definition images later this month. Two satellites carried by Kaguya, including one that will eventually land on the moon, have already been launched into lunar orbit to help the lunar mapping project."
www.news.com
Lovely images courtesy of the Japanese Kaguya Lunar spacecraft.
The original shot from the Apollo Mission.
From News.com:
"JAXA's spacecraft is currently orbiting the moon and its equipment is being tested in preparation for its real mission to map the moon with high-definition images later this month. Two satellites carried by Kaguya, including one that will eventually land on the moon, have already been launched into lunar orbit to help the lunar mapping project."
www.news.com
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