Mon, Oct 25, 2010
Innovative Lunar Demonstrations Data Valued At Up To
$10.01M
Team FREDNET officially announced Thursday that it has been
awarded a NASA Innovative Lunar Demonstrations Data (ILDD) contract
at the maximum government purchase value of $10.01 million.
As a recipient of this ILDD contract, Team FREDNET will offer
technical data relating to its robotic Google Lunar X PRIZE landing
mission, which in-turn will influence the development of future
NASA human and robotic lander vehicles and exploration systems.
Informing Team FREDNET of its receipt of this award from a
substantial pool of applicants, NASA's Exploration Integration
Director Dr. John Olson stated, "As the source selection official,
this is the fun part! I'd like to say congratulations again and
thank you very much for your team's participation in this ILDD
procurement. I think this activity is going to be fairly
catalytic, and it's a historic step in the right direction. We
really appreciate your submittal."
The X PRIZE Foundation started with the brilliant vision of
"Revolution through Competition." Team FREDNET took the next
logical step to employ "Revolution through Open Collaboration" and
utilizes volunteer efforts around the world to increase its ability
to achieve profitable, privately funded, beyond-government
sponsored space commercialization. The NASA Innovative Lunar
Demonstrations Data contracts now lay the groundwork for future
business leaders to seize opportunities in space exploration as
commercial and civil sectors work together.
"Our 700+ global volunteer Team FREDNET members are (beyond)
thrilled to be selected by NASA for the Innovative Lunar
Demonstrations Data award," stated Team FREDNET Leader and CEO,
Fred Bourgeois. "This is a significant milestone that proves
the viability of our distinguishing collaborative thought
leadership in our goal to become the first open-source organization
to place an intelligent rover on the surface of the Moon.
Team FREDNET is enthusiastic about the challenge of winning the
Google Lunar X PRIZE mission, as well as supplying catalyzing
demonstration data to NASA."
"We are very proud to have [Team FREDNET] as one of the Google
Lunar X PRIZE teams that made this cut and wish you, your team,
sponsors and investors the very best of luck in the future
selections," said Peter H. Diamandis, Chairman and CEO of X PRIZE
Foundation. "Most importantly, we wish you luck in getting to
the Moon and claiming our (Google's) prize money!"
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