[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 101 (Thursday, May 28, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25581-25582]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-12315]


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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice: (09-044)]


Notice of Centennial Challenges--2009 Power Beaming Challenge

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of Centennial Challenges--2009 Power Beaming Challenge.

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SUMMARY: This notice is issued in accordance with 42 U.S.C. 2459f-1(d). 
This is an update to a previous notice (09-12) on the 2009 Power 
Beaming and Tether Challenges. The 2009 Power Beaming Challenge is now 
scheduled and teams that wish to compete may register. A notice on the 
Tether Challenge will be issued at a later time. The NASA Centennial 
Challenges is a program of prize contests to stimulate innovation and 
competition in technologies of interest and value to NASA and the 
nation. The 2009 Power Beaming Challenge is a prize competition 
designed to promote the development of new power transmission 
technologies with applications in energy systems, transportation and 
emergency operations. Significant improvements in power beaming could 
contribute to revolutionary advances in space transportation as well as 
other areas.
    The Spaceward Foundation administers the Power Beaming Challenge 
for NASA. The prize purse is funded by NASA.

DATES: The 2009 Power Beaming Challenge will be held on July 14-16, 
2009.
    Location: The 2009 Power Beaming Challenge will be held at the 
Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To register for and get additional 
information regarding the 2009 Power Beaming Challenge including rules, 
team agreements, eligibility and prize criteria, visit: http://www.spaceward.org or contact Mr. Ben Shelef at the

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Spaceward Foundation, 725 N Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View, CA 94043, 
Phone: 650-965-2900. Questions and comments regarding the NASA 
Centennial Challenges Program should be addressed to Mr. Andrew Petro, 
NASA Headquarters, Suite 6J79, 300 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20546, 
Phone: 202-358-0310. The Centennial Challenges Web site is http://www.ip.nasa.gov/cc.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The maximum prize purse available for the 
2009 Power Beaming Challenge is $2,000,000. Each climber, powered by 
beamed energy, must climb to a height of one kilometer traveling at a 
minimum speed. The teams with the highest score (the product of average 
velocity and payload mass normalized by the climber mass) will win the 
competition.
    In the case of individuals, prizes can only be awarded to U.S. 
citizens or permanent residents and in the case of corporations or 
other entities, prizes can only be awarded to those that are 
incorporated in and maintain a primary place of business in the United 
States.

    Dated: May 20, 2009.
Douglas A. Comstock,
Director, Innovative Partnerships Program.
[FR Doc. E9-12315 Filed 5-27-09; 8:45 am]
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