ARCA to Compete in Google Lunar X-Prize

February 21, 2008 – Mountain View, CA
We are announcing our participation to the Google Lunar X Prize Competition (GLXP). The main objective of GLXP is: “To safely land a robot on the surface of the Moon, travel 500 meters over the lunar surface, and send images and data back to the Earth.” The prize is $30 million $. For more information go to: googlelunarxprize.org
Our proposed project is called HAAS-ELE and has three main sections:
- Carrier Balloon – Solar Montgolfier balloon designed to transport the rocket and the probe into stratosphere.
- HAAS – innovative air-launched, 3 stages orbital rocket
- ELE – The European Lunar Explorer – lunar probe

Please visit the ARCA Site at http://www.arcaspace.ro/orbital/en/home.htm

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