{"id":10414,"date":"2010-03-01T14:14:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-01T14:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/centennial-challenges-2009-prizewinners-recognition-ceremony\/"},"modified":"2010-03-01T14:14:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-01T14:14:00","slug":"centennial-challenges-2009-prizewinners-recognition-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/space-station\/centennial-challenges-2009-prizewinners-recognition-ceremony.php","title":{"rendered":"Centennial Challenges 2009 Prizewinners Recognition Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"2009<\/a>NASA Admimistrator Charlie Bolden<\/span><\/span> along with senior NASA <\/span>officials Doug Comstock and Andy Petro, acknowledges winners and organizers of NASA<\/a>’s 2009 Centennial Challenges<\/span>. The award ceremony was held at NASA Headquarters<\/span>, Washington.

The multi-year competitions address a range of technical challenges that support NASA's missions in aeronautics and space with a goal of encouraging novel solutions from non-traditional sources. In 2009, NASA <\/span>awarded a total of 3.65 million dollars to eight winning teams in four competitions. The partner organizations that conducted the competitions are: California Space Education and Workforce Institute (Regolith Excavation), X Prize Foundation (Lunar Lander), Spaceward Foundation (Power Beaming and Strong Tether), Volanz Aerospace Inc. (Astronaut Glove) and Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency Foundation (Green Flight). NASA's Innovative Partnerships Program<\/span> manages the Centennial Challenges.<\/p>

For more information on Centennial Challenges, visit: http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/challenges<\/a><\/p>

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