NASA announces prizes
for space breakthroughs
$400,000 to be awarded for tether, power beam research
One contest would be for climbing robots powered from the ground by light beams alone, as shown in this artwork.
By Alan Boyle
Science editor
MSNBC
Updated: 2:06 a.m. ET March 24, 2005
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Borrowing a page from the playbook for the X Prize spaceship competition, NASA has set aside $400,000 over the next two years for competitions to encourage the development of wireless power transmission systems and super-strong tethers.
Dalje
|