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The Launch Pad: "X-Files" at the Google Lunar X PRIZE!
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X-Files" at the Google Lunar X PRIZE! I had thought about relating a story involving a telescope, a frosty night and a painful injury as my first blog post, but the commentary in the blogosphere this week has raised a few questions and this seems like a good place to address them, even though they may not be as funny as the aforementioned story. First up, I was thrilled to learn from one commentator that I am part of some deep dark conspiracy. Fabulous! For example, this extends to insuring that any Team...
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The Launch Pad: MoonBots in the Media
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MoonBots in the Media. Over the past weekend, the 20 MoonBots finalists. Outreach work, and the media has taken notice. The following is just one such example. Team "Just Ducky" were featured on Fox News Twin Cities - check out the video below to see their robot in action. Pretty cool. It's also worth mentioning that Team "Dragonbots" was featured on CNN Chile. For a full 14 minutes! The video is not embeddable here, but you can click the image below to watch (note: video in Spanish! X PRIZE Space Links.
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The Launch Pad: NASA Centennial Challenge Updates: Sample Return, Nanosat, Green Flight, Tether, More
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NASA Centennial Challenge Updates: Sample Return, Nanosat, Green Flight, Tether, More. A lot has been happening related to NASA Centennial Challenges in the last few weeks, so here's an update that focuses mainly on them. Some teams are anxious to learn more about the rules and team agreement for the Sample Return Robot Challenge:. Sample Return Robot Challenge. As you can see, starting a major prize competition can be quite a challenge in itself. Team Phoenicia to hold 2nd Nanosat launcher seminar.
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Creatures For My Amusement: August 2015
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Creatures For My Amusement. Monday, August 24, 2015. Early clue to why some children may have reading woes - DailyHerald.com. Early clue to why some children may have reading woes - DailyHerald.com. Http:/ www.dailyherald.com/article/20150728/entlife/150729493/. Early clue to why some children may have reading woes. Photo courtesy of Auditory Neuroscience Lab, Northwestern University. How well youngsters' brains recognize specific sounds - consonants - amid background noise can help identify who is more ...
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Dawn Blog
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California Institute of Technology. California Institute of Technology. Where is Dawn Now? Chief Engineer/ Mission Director, JPL. Dawn Journal March 31. Dear Dawnticipating Explorers,. Now orbiting high over the night side of a dwarf planet far from Earth, Dawn arrived at its new permanent residence. For now, however, Dawn is not taking pictures. Even after it entered orbit, its momentum carried it to a higher altitude. Instead, it is steadfastly looking ahead to the rewards of the view it will have when...
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The Launch Pad: About the MTA..
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Before I joined the Google Lunar X PRIZE staff, I had heard a great deal about the Master Team Agreement (“MTA”). I’d read the online comments and the associated speculation. Now I’ve had a chance to get to know this document, I can provide a perspective for you. Before I get into some specifics, it’s worth addressing why we have an MTA. In a nutshell, it is to define what needs to be done to win the competition(s) and to provide a legal framework for that. In addition, since X PRIZE’s original agr...
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Creatures For My Amusement: June 2015
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Creatures For My Amusement. Monday, June 22, 2015. The “dreams” of Google’s AI are equal parts amazing and disturbing - Quartz. The “dreams” of Google’s AI are equal parts amazing and disturbing - Quartz. June 19, 2015. American sci-fi novelist Philip K. Dick once famously asked,. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? While he was on the right track, the answer appears to be, no, they don’t. They dream of dog-headed. Knights atop horses, of camel-birds and pig-snails, and of Dali-esque mutated landscapes.
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The Launch Pad: What are MoonBots Finalists Up To?!
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What are MoonBots Finalists Up To? As our teams prepare for their live final lunar science mission rounds, they have also been very busy over the last month working with kids from all over the world. We are extremely impressed with all of the great Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. STEM) outreach projects focused around the topic of MoonBots. We love to hear that this Google Lunar X PRIZE MINDSTORMS Challenge is reaching kids in so many fantastic ways! The Pink Team STEM Outreach Video. 07/17/11...
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Creatures For My Amusement: January 2015
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Creatures For My Amusement. Friday, January 30, 2015. How credit scores are calculated. How credit scores are calculated. Excerpt from article (http:/ www.bankrate.com/finance/debt/how-credit-scores-are-calculated-2.aspx). Fair Isaac says there are five factors that influence your FICO score. 5 factors that influence your FICO score:. Payment history: 35 percent. Amounts owed: 30 percent. Length of credit history: 15 percent. This is the one category over which you really have no control. Lenders wan...
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