Two members of the Synergy Moon team have been nominated for World Technology Awards, according to a blog post on the Google Lunar X Prize website.

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Loretta Whitesides has this update on Odyssey Moon on the Google Lunar X Prize website:

We are pleased to pass on the news that Bob Richards and Odyssey Moon have both been nominated for World Technology Awards in the category “Space”- part of the World Technology Awards initiative held in association with TIME magazine, Science magazine/AAAS, and others.

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PRESS RELEASE

With the support of NASA, Google and a broad range of technology thought leaders and entrepreneurs, a new university will launch in Silicon Valley this summer with the goal of preparing the next generation of leaders to address “humanity’s grand challenges.”

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ODYSSEY MOON PRESS RELEASE

Washington, DC – Odyssey Moon, a commercial lunar enterprise, announced today that former NASA Associate Administrator Dr. Alan Stern has accepted a role with the Isle of Man-based company. Dr. Stern was a recognized engine of change and innovation as chief of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, championing new science programs while being a stalwart advocate of cost and value control when he served at NASA.

Dr. Stern has joined the Odyssey Moon executive team on an exclusive part time consulting basis as the company’s Science Mission Director, part of a new diversified career focus spanning many of his lifelong interests and activities. He expects that his blended understanding of science and business will help Odyssey Moon establish a commercial lunar business while pursuing the $30 Million Google Lunar X PRIZE. “I am a fan of public-private partnerships and building bridges to new markets,” he said. “I believe we are on the verge of a whole new era of space exploration and that the private sector can provide reliable cost effective services that can increase the value and leverage government space budgets.”

A veteran of space exploration with over 25 year experience, Stern’s alliance with the private space sector comes at a critical time when NASA and other space agencies are looking carefully at the value proposition in partnering with the commercial sector for space activities.

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Popular Science has an interesting DIY guide to how you – YES, YOU – can win the Google Lunar X Prize. It seems that all you need is a little bit of moxie, a rover that can survive extreme temperatures, a launcher, and…oh yes…somewhere between $20 to $100 million. Simple, really. All too easy. All kidding aside, it’s a really cool story that breaks down the major components that one […]

The CBC show The Hour recently interviewed Dr. Bob Richards, the founder and CEO of Odyssey Moon. Richards’ team was the first entrant in the Lunar X Prize, a competition to land a privately funded rover on the Moon by 2012. Dr. Richards discusses his company’s plans as well as the prospects for future human settlement and economic development on the lunar surface.