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the northrop grumman lunar lander

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challenge is a two million dollar prize

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program offered by nasa's centennial

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challenges to win the prize privately

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funded teams of rocketeers and

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entrepreneurs have to build a vertical

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takeoff vertical landing rocket capable

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of performing multiple flights in a very

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short period of time and following a

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specific mission trajectory

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in level one of the prize program teams

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have to do two flights in two and a half

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hours and each flight has to have a

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duration of 90 seconds and a flight

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profile that rises up 50 meters over 100

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meters and back down the 50 meters to

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land on a second flat pad and then

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repeats that flight in reverse to win

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the more complicated level two teams

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again have to do those two flights in

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two and a half hours but this time have

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to remain in the air for twice as long

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and instead of landing on two flat

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surfaces have to land on a simulated

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lunar surface

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the northrop grumman lunar lander

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challenge has been running for three

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years now in 2008 we had more teams

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registered to compete in the north of

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grumman lunar lander challenge than ever

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before nine different teams from all

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around the united states entered their

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new designs and their new vehicles all

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trying to accomplish the same goal this

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year two teams made it to our final

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event armadillo aerospace and true zero

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although we only awarded one prize this

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year it's important to recognize that

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all of our teams have accomplished truly

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impressive things let's take a quick