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Posted in Space on Oct 31st, 2007
Another year, another X-Prize Cup (see the whole set on Flickr).
When first we left for the competition, I was really looking forward to it this year, expecting it to be bigger and better than last year’s, which already featured cool speakers, several rocket launches and static firings, and multiple (in the end, futile) attempts by [...]
Posted in Development Methods, Space on Nov 3rd, 2006
Having been generally interested in space exploration for many years, when a friend of mine suggested a road trip to go to the X-Prize Cup, how could I turn it down? Six of us went and had a blast at the competition itself talking to the various groups and watching the competitions going on, including [...]
Posted in Space on Nov 3rd, 2006
For those interested, I took my camera along on the trip and got some pretty great pictures. Here are the flickr sets:
X-Prize Cup 2006
As you can see, it was a beautiful day. We also went to the nearby missile museum:
White Sands National Missile Range Museum
And finished it off with a quick trip [...]