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Centennial Challenges Summary

2005 Competitions

Challenge Title	Purse	Date	Location
Power Beaming	$50K	21 Oct 2005	NASA Ames, CA
Strong Tether	$50K	21 Oct 2005	NASA Ames, CA
Moon Rox

2006 Competitions

Challenge Title	Purse	Date	Location
Power Beaming	$200K	21 Oct 2006	Las Cruces, NM
Tether	$200K	21 Oct 2006	Las Cruces, NM
Lunar Lander	$2M	20 Oct 2006	Las Cruces, NM

2007 Competitions

Challenge Title	Purse	Date	Location
Astronaut Glove	$250K	2-3 May 2007	Windsor Locks, CT
Regolith Excavation	$250K	11-12 May 2007	Santa Maria, CA
Personal Air Vehicle	$250K	4-12 Aug 2007	Santa Rosa, CA
Power Beaming	$500K	13-21 Oct 2007	Salt Lake City, UT
Tether	$500K	13-21 Oct 2007	Salt Lake City, UT
Lunar Lander	$2M	26-28 Oct 2007	Holloman AFB, NM

2008 Competitions

Challenge Title	Purse	Date	Location
Regolith Excavation	$750K	2-3 Aug 2008	San Luis Obispo, CA
General Aviation Technology	$350K	4-10 Aug 2008	Santa Rosa, CA
Lunar Lander	$2M	24-25 Oct 2006	Las Cruces, NM

2009 Competitions

Challenge Title	Purse	Date	Location
Tether	$2M	14 Aug 2009	Seattle, WA
Regolith Excavation	$750K	17-18 Oct 2009	Mountain View, CA
Lunar Lander	$1.65M	Jul-Oct 2009	Various
Power Beaming	$2M	4-6 Nov 2009	DFRC, Edwards, CA
Astronaut Glove	$400K	19 Nov 2009	Titusville, FL

2010 Competitions

Challenge Title	Purse	Date	Location
Tether	$2M	13 Aug 2010	Seattle, WA

2011 Competitions

Challenge Title	Purse	Date	Location
Tether	$2M	12 Aug 2011	Seattle, WA
Green Flight Challenge	$1.65M	25 Sept –1 Oct 2011	Santa Rosa, CA

2012 Competitions

Challenge Title	Purse	Date	Location
Sample Return Robot	$1.5M	14-17 Jun 2012	Worcester, WA

Centennial Challenge Prize Winners To Date

Challenge Title	Date	Winners
General Aviation Technology	12 Aug 2008	Vance Turner $61,375 John Dunham $31,875 Bob Basham $3,750
Lunar Lander	24 Oct 2008 1 Nov 2009	Armadillo Aerospace $350K 1st Place Level 1 Masten Space Systems $1M 1st Place Level2 Armadillo Aerospace $500K 2nd Place Level 2 Masten Space Systems $150K 2nd Place Level 1
Astronaut Glove	3 May 2007 19 Nov 2009	Peter Homer $200K Peter Homer $250K 1st Place Ted Southern $100K 2nd Place
Personal Air Vehicle	11 Aug 2007	Vance Turner $160K David Anders $65K John Rehn $25K
Regolith Excavation	18 Oct 2009	Paul's Robotics $500K 1st Place Terra Engineering $150K 2nd Place Brando $100K 3rd Place
Power Beaming	6 Nov 2009	LaserMotive, LLC $900K
Green Flight	13 Oct 2011	Pipistrel-USA $1.35M 1st Place e-Genius $120K 2nd Place