Saturday, November 22, 2008

Unreasonable on Making a Reasonable 2009 LLC

Unreasonable update and NG-LLC format - RLV News - I always like a post that starts like this:

My next rocket project is to finish up some test stand work for a paying customer I can’t talk about.

There's a discussion about the potential big change from tradition in the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge time and location, and ways to make it fair.

I have another solution to make it fair and still not bog down Armadillo unnecessarily: get some more prize money and fund prizes for both a first-to-demonstrate and an X PRIZE Cup event. Well, maybe my solution isn't financially feasible ...

Jon Goff gives some hints about Masten's status in the comments.