America's Space Prize is a US$50 million orbital spaceflight competition established and funded by hotel entrepreneur Robert Bigelow. The prize will be awarded to the first privately-funded team to design and build a reusable manned capsule capable of flying 5 astronauts to a Bigelow Aerospace inflatable space module. The prize expires January 10, 2010. There must be two flights within 60 days. The teams must be based in the United States of America. Image File history File links Americas Space Prize logo File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... An orbital spaceflight (or orbital flight) in the general sense is a spaceflight where the trajectory of a spacecraft reaches the height of, and through having an appropriate velocity enters into, orbit around an astronomical body. ... Robert Bigelow is a hotel entrepreneur with a keen interest in space flight. ... Bigelow Aerospace is a Las Vegas, Nevada space technology start-up company that is pioneering work on expandable space station modules. ...
The spacecraft must reach a minimum altitude of 400 kilometers (approximately 250 miles);
The spacecraft must reach a minimum velocity sufficient to complete two (2) full orbits at altitude before returning to Earth;
The spacecraft must carry no less than a crew of five (5) people;
The spacecraft must dock or demonstrate its ability to dock with a Bigelow Aerospace inflatable space habitat, and be capable of remaining on station at least six (6) months;
The spacecraft must perform two (2) consecutive, safe and successful orbital missions within a period of sixty (60) calendar days, subject to Government regulations;
No more than twenty percent (20 percent) of the spacecraft may be composed of expendable hardware;
The contestant must be domiciled in the United States of America.
The contestant must have its principal place of business in the United States of America;
The Competitor must not accept or utilize government development funding related to this contest of any kind, nor shall there be any government ownership of the competitor. Use in government test facilities shall be permitted; and
The spacecraft must complete its two (2) missions safely and successfully, with all five (5) crew members aboard for the second qualifying flight, before the competition’s deadline of Jan. 10, 2010.
Interorbital Systems Corporation (IOS) is an American aerospace company based out of Mojave California. ... The orbital airship, also called the space blimp, is a proposed space transportation system that carries payloads to and from low Earth orbit. ... Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) is an El Segundo, California space transportation startup company whose stated goal is to improve the cost and reliability of access to space ultimately by a factor of ten. SpaceX has announced development of the Falcon family of mostly reusable two stage, RP-1 kerosene... Scaled Composites (often abbreviated as Scaled) was founded in 1982 in Mojave, California by famous aircraft designer Burt Rutan out of what used to be the Rutan Aircraft Factory. ... Tier Two is Scaled Composites and Virgin Galactics orbital human spaceflight program. ...
Categories: Stub | Prizes ... The X prize logo shows a stylised letter X representing a spacecraft trajectory and containing a starfield. ...
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New $50 Million Space Prize for Orbital Flight, Development of an 'Inflatable' Space Station, Reports Aviation Week & Space Technology (September 27, 2004)
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