By Alan Bolye
MSNBC Cosmic Log
August 6, 2010
Alan Boyle writes:NASA says it’ll buy up to $30.1 million worth of data about robotic lander projects – basically doubling the potential impact of the $30 million Google Lunar X Prize.
The space agency said its Innovative Lunar Demonstrations Data program would pay a minimum of $10,000 for each data contract relating to the design and demonstration of a lunar landing mission. “This includes data associated with hardware design, development and testing; ground operations and integration; launch; trajectory correction maneuvers; lunar braking, burn and landing; and enhanced capabilities,” NASA said in today’s news release. More
