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  • I'm thinking of the Lunar Lander Challenge x-prize craft, which is the child of the DC-X project, which is the sort of thing that would use fuel produced on the moon to fly on and off the moon.

    Remembering Apollo 11 and the Legacy of Apollo - NASA Watch 2009

  • Personally, I would be much more enthusiastic about doing my own research, finding the company that had the best shot at winning the prize, and pouring money into it if I knew that a large x-prize was involved then if a blanket carbon tax were imposed.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » OMB Has Its Eyes on Prizes 2010

  • Personally, I would be much more enthusiastic about doing my own research, finding the company that had the best shot at winning the prize, and pouring money into it if I knew that a large x-prize was involved then if a blanket carbon tax were imposed.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » OMB Has Its Eyes on Prizes 2010

  • Loveland, Colorado-based Lightning Hybrids has its sights set on the $10 million automotive x-prize with a sleek biodiesel-fueled vehicle that they claim will break the

    TRANSPORTATION TUESDAY: World’s First Zero-Cost Hybrid! | Inhabitat 2008

  • Some Senator has put an appropriations footnote into the latest bill to cancel any future Centennial Challenges, which are x-prize like competitions that have been producing serious results, even as recently as last weekend at the x-cup.

    Senate Trading Space Progress for Politics? « Tai-Chi Policy 2006

  • I guess those 30+ automotive startups competing in the x-prize don't really exist.

    Autoblog Green Sebastian Blanco 2010

  • One guy in the x-prize contest, valentin technology, was proposing this technology but was not back-up by the x-prize organizers that look to promote green cars and was not back-up by any car manufacturers nor the scientists, nor by any business that receive actually subsidies to study, conceive, organize and commercialize a green car.

    Autoblog Green 2010

  • Likewise, for this committee, why not create an x-prize for any idea that would get the costs way down?

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local badb24 2010

  • I guess those 30+ automotive startups competing in the x-prize don't really exist.

    Autoblog Green Sebastian Blanco 2010

  • Likewise, for this committee, why not create an x-prize for any idea that would get the costs way down?

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local dude_chill 2010

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