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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