Konkurencja dla URC i ERC?

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Czyżby konkurencja wobec University Rover Challenge i European Rover Challenge?  Tutaj w odróżnieniu od URC i ERC stoją konkretne pieniądze:

Five teams are taking home prize money after completing Level 1 of NASA's Sample Return Robot Challenge, part of the agency's Centennial Challenges prize program. Worcester Polytechnic Institute hosted the event for the fifth year June 7-11 at its Worcester, Massachusetts, campus.

Eighteen teams of citizen inventors, from universities to families to small businesses, competed in the challenge, which has a total prize purse of $1.5 million. Each winning team was awarded $5,000 for their success, and they have earned a shot at Level 2 of the competition, which will take place Sept. 2-5.

The winning Level 1 teams are:

+ Team Al of Toronto, Canada

+ Alabama Astrorobotics of Tuscaloosa, Alabama

+ MAXed Out of Santa Clara, California

+ Mind and Iron of Seattle, Washington

+ Sirius of South Hadley, Massachusetts

http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/First_teams_named_for_shot_at_Level_2_Sample_Return_Robot_Challenge_999.html

Zgaduję, że powyższa zabawa przeznaczona jest tylko dla swoich, czyli drużyn z USA...