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Planetary Radio

Digging for Dollars on the Moon: The Lunar Regolith Challenge

Airdate: Monday, June 4, 2007
Running Time: 00:28:50
Listen: Windows Media | MP3

Join the fun as we provide special coverage of the NASA Centennial Challenge that brought robot excavators to central California in mid-May. They competed for a $250,000 prize. All they had to do was move a lot of simulated lunar soil in a half-hour without human guidance, with very little power, and with several other limitations. Then find out what's in the current night sky from Bruce Betts, and learn how to win a Planetary Radio t-shirt from Bruce and Mat.

Related Information

• California Space Authority
• California Space Education and Workforce Institute (CSEWI)
• NASA Cetennial Challenges
• Snapshots from the Lunar Regolith Challenge
• Videos of the Lunar Regolith Challenge