Monday, January 11, 2010

Moon Society Essay Contest, Prometheus Interview, Innocentive Challenges, Take Back Space, NASTAR Patch, More

@TeamFREDNET Our partners @teamprometheus hit the frontpage on @SpaceFellowship: ... Upcoming Tests, The N-Prize and the #GLXP http://is.gd/655jg

Apollo 13 - 40th Anniversary Essay Contest - Space for All

More 3D models added, with many more on the way - Google Earth blog mentions the "Model Your Town" competition in this post.

Take Back Space 2010 - Space Frontier Foundation - One of the items on their Capitol Hill agenda is "Increased funding for the Centennial Challenges space prize program".

Google Lunar X PRIZE Roundup #6 - Luna C/I

Educate to Innovate: A Student’s View - OSTP Blog

Here are 4 new InnoCentive prize challenges:

@InnoCentiveCEO New InnoCentive $20K Challenge: Small-scale River Turbines for the Peruvian Jungle http://bit.ly/8XGux4

@InnoCentiveCEO New $20K InnoCentive Challenge: Make Water from Lake Victoria Safe to Drink! http://bit.ly/8O785t

@InnoCentiveCEO New $20K InnoCentive Challenge: Design of a Low Cost Rainwater Harvesting Storage Tank in a Wetland Region http://bit.ly/7aP2mI

@InnoCentiveCEO New $40K InnoCentive Challange: Sunlight/UV-light dose indicator http://bit.ly/6WYbcQ Supported by Rockefeller Foundation

The Progressive Automotive X PRIZE is at the North American International Auto Show announcing news about the plans for the competition this year. Here's some of the news:

@progautoxp RT @speedwaymedia: Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE Chooses Michigan for 2010 Competition Events http://bit.ly/6UeRLu

@progautoxp RT @MISpeedway: Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize competition to find a 100 mpg(e) vehicle will take place at MIS this summer! #piaxp

@ConradAwards The Conrad Foundation announces 25 finalist teams for the 2010 Spirit of Innovation Awards http://pitch.pe/40915

@NASAWatch ETC's The NASTAR Center Announces Winner of Student Patch Design Contest Outreach Effort #suborbital http://bit.ly/4GnF9X