Thu, Nov 17, 2011
First Prize Of Its Kind Offered By XCOR Aerospace &
Southwest Research Institute
In a first of its kind prize for the reusable suborbital
research community, XCOR Aerospace and the Southwest Research
Institute (SwRI) will give away a research flight to be awarded to
one lucky paid registrant at the Next-Generation Suborbital
Research Conference (NSRC) 2012 Conference to be held February
27-29 in Palo Alto, CA.
"This is a great day for the researcher, educator or the
innovative college student who will be attending NSRC-2012 in
Silicon Valley at the end of February," said Andrew Nelson, Chief
Operating Officer of XCOR Aerospace. "They now have a chance to win
a flight that would otherwise cost $95,000 with XCOR, or up to
$200,000 on competing vehicles. We are pleased to make this
contribution to further the suborbital research and education
community."
As the industry leader in fully reusable manned rocket-powered
spacecraft for suborbital research operations and personal
spaceflight, XCOR has made this flight available together with
SwRI, the globally recognized leader in the suborbital research
field. SwRI is also an XCOR-authorized Lynx payload integrator and
the lead organizer of the NSRC-2012 conference.
"This XCOR flight can be a career-changing event for the
winner," said Dr. Alan Stern, former NASA Associate Administrator
for Science, and Associate Vice President of Research and
Development for the Space Science and Engineering Division at SwRI.
Dr. Stern added, "This kind of opportunity in the hands of an
innovative student or recent graduate researcher can be the
catalyst for years of productive funded research and/or
entrepreneurial pursuits, so register now for NSRC-2012 for your
chance at a funded suborbital spaceflight!"
The contest is open to full conference paid-in-advance
registrants of NSRC-2012 over the age of 18 and a researcher,
student or educator interested in the field of suborbital research.
The winner will receive a research flight on the XCOR Lynx Mark I
reusable suborbital spacecraft. The winner will be able to fly with
his or her experiment and operate it from the right seat of the
Lynx, or can opt to use the right side where the participant seat
normally fits and prepare a larger automated experiment. The winner
will be responsible for developing and building his or her own
experiment.
The Official
Rules are available on the XCOR website.
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