Attending the confirmation hearing for Charles Bolden, Barack Obama’s choice for NASA Administrator, and listening to Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, Congressman Jim Clyburn and Senator Ben Nelson talk about Bolden’s stellar credentials was a great experience. After 53 years of triumphs, tribulations and tragedies, America’s premier science agency will have, for the first time, an [...] [...more]
Team JURBAN is now in a race to the finish line to launch and land their robotic rover to the Moon. Read more about team JURBAN in their official press release. Introducting Team JURBAN-Press Release [...more]
The Google LUNAR X PRIZE is an international competition sponsored by Google and the X PRIZE Foundation for a cash prize of $20 million to the first team who can successfully launch and land an autonomous robot on the surface of the Moon, travel 500 meters over the lunar surface, and send images and data [...] [...more]
The JURBAN team entered the Google LUNAR X PRIZE competition because we envisioned an opportunity to inspire underprivileged populations, worldwide, that innovatively applying STEM skills can be achieved something that brings pride all those populations who feel discouraged. The JURBAN team is made up of professionals and student engineers that will accomplish this lunar challenge by innovatively [...] [...more]
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