http://evadot.com/glxpscorecard/
Quote from: Hernalt on 10/22/2012 12:40 pmhttp://evadot.com/glxpscorecard/It looks like those scorecards are 2 years old.
GLXP News: SpaceIL, Odyssey Moon Team Uphttp://www.parabolicarc.com/2012/11/21/glxp-news-spaceil-odyssey-moon-team-up/LOS ANGELES, CA, Nov 20, 2012 (SpaceIL/Odyssey Moon PR) – SpaceIL and Odyssey Moon Ltd., two teams competing in the $30 million Google Lunar X PRIZE, announced today a joint teaming deal to pursue the competition purse. Odyssey Moon, the first team entrant in the Google Lunar X PRIZE, is joining SpaceIL, the most significant international teaming deal in the private $30 million race to the Moon. Together, the alliance formed under team SpaceIL will compete in the competition and, according to many, the most likely team to succeed in this dramatic race to the Moon.The joint teaming arrangement is based on an innovative commercial partnership model that infuses high impact scientific missions with a commercial enterprise funding element. This dynamic partnership brings together the best characteristics of non-profit activities with commercial and entrepreneurial skill sets.
The falcon 1 is only suitable if you have a dedicated kickstage on your mission.I think most, if not all, teams prefer a more energtic launcher which can do the TLI, or most of it, for you.So the falcon 1 has no impact imho, on the prize. High costs of launchers in general, falcon 9 included, do.
A change of subjects...slightly.The Israeli team vying for the GOOGLE lunar X Prize.1) I know that they are not intending to land a rover on the Moon.2) The hardware they are intending to land on the Moon is tiny in mass;not much more than the mass of the Blackberry (if you have one) in your hands when the lander is devoid of braking propellant.3) I get regular email updates from the team.4) My query to them as to what kind of booster they intended to use wasnot answered with a direct reply, but left plenty of hints.5) Over 150 volunteers and a tiny paid staff work on the project in Israel,including members of the Israeli MILITARY. There's your first hint.6) A converted-demilitarized (surplus) Jericho-1 missile/booster to serveas first stage is the conclusion they left me to conclude.7) Indirect confirmation of the upperstages being converted Israelimilitary missiles (including converted portable antitank and antiaircraftmissiles can be drawn from one of their sponsers). 7b) The Israeli government is 'secretly' supporting this project. Why not?Proverbial ballistic swords into space-exploration plowshares; Israeli hardware on the Moon; something Jews in Israel would take pride in.
QuoteThe Falcon 1 could loft considerable mass to high energy orbits. Any decent lunar lander could probably perform the final TLI burn from HEO.Danderman, what is considerable mass?
The Falcon 1 could loft considerable mass to high energy orbits. Any decent lunar lander could probably perform the final TLI burn from HEO.
@jeff_foustRichards: Moon Express is "doing well." On a Series B round now; when it closes, will be at $10M raised, a key milestone. #spacetechexpoRichards estimates cost of lander mission at $50M; worried it would be $100M. Believes can be profitable at that cost. #spacetechexpo
Via Twitter (from the Space Tech Expo conference going on in LA right now):Quote@jeff_foustRichards: Moon Express is "doing well." On a Series B round now; when it closes, will be at $10M raised, a key milestone. #spacetechexpoRichards estimates cost of lander mission at $50M; worried it would be $100M. Believes can be profitable at that cost. #spacetechexpoThat puts things in perspective. So they're almost 20% of the way to the amount of funding they need. Kudos for being up-front about where they are financially though. It's pretty easy for space companies to talk about having billionaire investors and just let people assume that that means that they have a lot of money. $10M is nothing to sneeze at, but it's good to actually get some numbers from one of these companies about where they're actually at.~Jon