Hmmm... well.. I hope your not making plans with that million bucks.. The
rules state several instances that no award will be made. including an
unspecified time limit. in otherwords, even if your not the first to cross
the finishline, you still may not win.
Its a pretty stiff challenge too.. consider how much money NASA has spent on
the mars lander, and even its not completely autonomous(sp?)
How about this design ideas....
One very long vehicle that streaches from LA to LV?
a humongus sphere (large enough to roll over any obstacle/crevace that guides
itself towards a homing beakon?
Some how I think bobs estimate is a bit low... Just making a vehicle that can
travel that much distance w/out refueling will be a task, and remeber its a
race!
On a side note... I have a 1985 Dodge Aries I was planning on selling cheap
(just to get some cash) If anybody comes up with a really good idea requiring
a 1985 Dodge Aries.... we could use it! (note Ideas must come before I sell
it)
Jamie
On Thursday 05 December 2002 08:10 pm, Beaker (aka Jeff W) wrote:
: > http://www.darpa.mil/iao/
:
: while checking out the above link I thought I'd see what was on the main
: DARPA page and found this:
:
: http://www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge/index.htm
:
: The cash prize is a cool million (taxpayer?) dollars!
:
: ~beaker
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