Armadillo Aerospace Wins Level One of the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge
“Armadillo Aerospace team leader John Carmack wore a big smile yesterday as the team earned $350,000 in prize money for winning Level One of the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge in Las Cruces, New Mexico. In addition to officials from NASA and other space-industry organizations, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson was on hand to witness the victory and to show his support for the private spaceflight industry. Armadillo made an attempt at Level Two of the Challenge today, but experienced technical problems that prevented them from accomplishing a successful flight.”
Editor’s note: “The Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge will be held October 24-25 at the Las Cruces International Airport in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Two teams are expected to fly during the competition: Armadillo Aerospace and TrueZer0. The webcast will be live on October 24-25 from Las Cruces, New Mexico.” Video link
Editor’s update: According to IPP’s Doug Comstock “Armadillo has won 1st place for level 1 of the lunar Lander Challenge and $350k. They will try for Level 2 and $1M tomorrow!”
