X Prize Cup - Day 1 - Update 6
Armadillo's Pixel flight:
* Rocket fest begins with noble failures: Lander damaged during first bid to win $350,000; second try planned - MSNBC.com - Oct.20.06 - Alan Boyle's lengthy summary of today's events
* Tomorrow's Armadillo Attempts - Transterrestrial Musings - what John told Rand.
* Lunar Lander Rocket Flies But Fails In Bid For Prize Dollars - Space.com - Leonard David reports on the flight and some of what led up to it.
* No winner in lunar lander challenge - New Scientist
* KOBTV.com - X Prize Cup begins two-day event (Via spacetoday.net) - includes a video report
* Up,up and away at the X Prize Cup - CNET News.com (Via spacetoday.net) - collection of articles and many nice photos
General commentary on the XPC:
* At the rocket circus - Cosmic Log - Oct.20.06 - Alan Boyle
* Expand The Venue - Transterrestrial Musings - Suggestions from Rand
* Wirefly X Prize Cup Opens To Rockets Roaring, Delays - Space.com - Leonard David
Space elevator competition:
* Winds end hopes of most space elevator competitors - Flightglobal.com
* Lots of pictures, updates, and comments at SpaceElevatorBlog.com
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