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Countdown to the Cup Presentation to the COMSTAC 26 October 2005
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The X-PRIZE Cup Annual version of the X PRIZE, designed to spur space flight technology advances Hybrid of Reno Air Races, Indianapolis 500, and NASCAR – except with rockets Provides a market, in the form of prize purses Extends the successful model of the Ansari X PRIZE to smaller competitions Based in New Mexico, eventually to be held at the Southwest Regional Spaceport
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Countdown to the Cup A bridge from today to the Cup This year held at the Las Cruces International Airport LCIA will be the venue for at least the next year Designed to maintain the momentum from Ansari X-PRIZE event of last year Competition and competitors still being defined Rocket Racers a definite part of future Cup
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Planned Countdown Content Exhibits from Cup Participants, aerospace companies, NASA, educational organizations, and X-PRIZE Foundation Flight events 3 Tripoli sounding rocket flights (unmanned) 3 Armadillo vertical takeoff and landing hover demonstrations (unmanned) 2 E-Z Rocket flights (manned) F-117 flyby Hot air balloon Weather balloons Starchaser LOX/kerosene engine static fire
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Event Day Exhibits and stage show were a big hit XCOR E-Z Rocket was the main flight attraction Armadillo VTVL rocket flew only once, but went on display and was a big hit Winds prevented any of the Tripoli rockets from flying Starchaser static fire had a bit of a problem
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The Stage
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The Show Grounds
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Sights on the Ground and in the Air
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SS-1 Replica
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The XCOR EZ Rocket
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“Mission Control” – the Flight Ops Tent
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How We Did Somewhere between 10,000 and 20,000 attended the event Nationwide media attention for essentially a local event The crowd praised the event Kids in particular got hooked Minor inconveniences and annoyances aside, a good time was had by all State of New Mexico, City of Las Cruces both very happy Sponsors for next time around very happy
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For Next Year Major round of “lessons learned” underway Plan starting NOW! So far: Two day event as hedge against weather Different weekend, to avoid event conflicts Don’t close airport! Etc...
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A Special Thanks to AST Patti Smith provided the focus to get the Waiver and Certificate of Authorization process on track Brought order out of chaos AST personnel worked long hours with XPF, Tripoli, and New Mexico to ensure safety of flight for sounding rockets Became indispensable part of a tight-knit team On behalf of the X PRIZE Foundation, thank you
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