OMEGA ENVOY PRESS RELEASE
23 December 2009
The Omega Envoy Project is proud to announce the addition of SolidWorks as a sponsor for the only student‐led entry in a $30 million international competition, sponsored by Google, to land a robot on the moon.
“We are immensely pleased to have the support of SolidWorks,” Ruben Nunez the Project Director of Omega Envoy said. “Their inclusion as one of our sponsors will allow us to accomplish far more than before.”
The addition of SolidWorks will allow Omega Envoy’s lunar rover development program to accomplish far more than it is currently capable of. SolidWorks is a separate division of Dassault Systemes, and will be sponsoring the effort of landing a rover on the moon by supplying the Omega Envoy team with CAD and analysis software.
The end goal is to win Google’s $30 million Lunar X PRIZE which will be awarded to the first team to safely land a robot on the surface of the Moon, travel 500 meters over the lunar surface, and send images and data back to the Earth.
Earthrise Space, Inc. is a non‐profit organization that is founded by students and professionals at the University of Central Florida with the common goal of advancing private and commercial space exploration. While the current focus of Earthrise Space, Inc is the effort to win the Google Lunar X PRIZE by landing and operating a rover on the surface of the moon, the primary goal is to maintain Florida’s position as a global leader in the aerospace industry.
Dassault Systemes is a company that produces 3D and Product Lifecycle Management software. This software allows for a 3D view of a product throughout its entire life cycle. Formed in 1981 and based in Vélizy-Villacoublay, France and is a part of the Groupe Industriel Marcel Dassault.
The Google competition rules stipulate that teams must be at least 90% privately funded and must be registered to compete by December 31, 2010. The first team to land on the Moon and complete the mission objectives will be awarded $20 million; the full first prize is available until December 31, 2012. After that date, the first prize will drop to $15 million. The second team to do so will be awarded $5 million. Another $5 million will be awarded in bonus prizes.
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