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Tom Kalil, OSTP: The Grand Challenges of the 21st Century

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
April 12, 2012
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Prepared remarks of Tom Kalil at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation April 12, 2012 Washington, DC
“Another recent prize was NASA’s Green Flight Challenge that called upon aviation innovators to build and demonstrate a super-fuel efficient full-scale aircraft. The cash prize purse of $1.65 million offered by NASA attracted 14 teams, which collectively invested more than $6 million. In a historic achievement, the two winning teams exceeded the performance requirements by nearly a factor of two, flying more than 200 miles on the energy equivalent of just half a gallon of gas, all while averaging 100 mph with two people on board. NASA further leveraged taxpayer dollars, by partnering with the CAFE Foundation, which invested over $1 million in rigorous evaluation and publicity – extending the impact of the prize. The high-profile demonstration of safe, low-emission technologies may spark a new electric airplane industry.”

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2 responses to “Tom Kalil, OSTP: The Grand Challenges of the 21st Century”

  1. Anonymous says:
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    I guess this is the place to suggest that if you really want human exploration, put a $3 billion dollar prize out for putting at least two humans on the Moon and keeping them alive for six months, then return them home and do it by 2017.  Oh, also they have to mine a ton of oxygen while they are there.

  2. dogstar29 says:
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    1. The winner of the Green Flight Challenge was Pipestrel, a company from Slovenia. Is America falling behind? Where’s NACA?
    2. As NW previously revealed, Representative Frank Wolff slashed the OSTP budget for merely talking to China and has threatened to do the same to NASA.