Feb 18, 2010

Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1761 sonja r alexander@nasa gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-030

NASA HONORS 2009 CENTENNIAL CHALLENGES WINNERS

WASHINGTON -- NASA will honor the achievements of the 2009 Centennial Challenges prize winners and competition hosts with a technical symposium Feb 25 and a recognition ceremony Feb 26 Centennial Challenges is NASA's program of technology prizes for the citizen-inventor Nine prizes totaling $3 65 million were awarded in 2009 Both events will be held at the James E Webb Memorial Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, 300 E Street, SW, Washington

The Centennial Challenges Technical Symposium will take place from 9 a m to 4:30 p m EST Thursday, Feb 25 Winners will discuss their accomplishments and future plans and answer questions from the audience A one-hour panel discussion will be dedicated to each of the challenges, including the new Green Flight Challenge and ongoing Strong Tether and Power Beaming Challenges The public is invited, and government, industry and media representatives interested in the technologies and incentive prize competitions are encouraged to attend

The recognition ceremony will begin at 10 a m on Friday, Feb 26 NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will participate, as will winners of the Regolith Excavation, Lunar Lander, Power Beaming and Astronaut Glove Challenges Reporters will have an opportunity to talk with the winners during a reception in the NASA Headquarters West Lobby immediately following the one-hour ceremony

The competitions address a range of technical challenges that support NASA's missions in aeronautics and space with a goal of encouraging novel solutions from non-traditional sources The partner organizations that conducted the competitions are: California Space Education and Workforce Institute (Regolith Excavation), X Prize Foundation (Lunar Lander), Spaceward Foundation (Power Beaming and Strong Tether), Volanz Aerospace Inc (Astronaut Glove) and Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency Foundation (Green Flight) NASA's Innovative Partnerships Program manages the Centennial Challenges

NASA Television will broadcast the events For NASA TV downlink, schedule and streaming video information, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For additional information about the Centennial Challenges, visit:

http://www nasa gov/challenges

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