{"id":6271,"date":"2009-09-24T15:25:44","date_gmt":"2009-09-24T19:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=6271"},"modified":"2019-08-14T16:03:52","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T20:03:52","slug":"to-the-moon-rover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/to-the-moon-rover\/","title":{"rendered":"To the Moon, Rover!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" class=\"size-full img-fluid wp-image-4040 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2009\/07\/remo.jpg\" alt=\"Moon Rover Team Prepares for the Google X PRIZE\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2009\/07\/remo.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2009\/07\/remo-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2009\/07\/remo-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" class=\"size-full img-fluid wp-image-4040  lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20450%20338%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Moon Rover Team Prepares for the Google X PRIZE\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20450%20338%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2009\/07\/remo.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2009\/07\/remo-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2009\/07\/remo-360x270.jpg 360w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2009\/07\/remo.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The Omega Envoy Project&#8211;Earthrise Space Inc.&#8217;s project to advance public and private space exploration in Florida&#8211;and UCF have partnered to develop the only student-led entry for the international $30 million Google Lunar X-Prize competition. The project is bringing students, faculty and professionals together in one, big collaborative effort to make it to the moon. First.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur main goal from the beginning was to involve as many state universities as we could to unite Florida in this common goal,\u201d said Jason Dunn, Omega Envoy\u2019s Engineering and Space Concepts director. \u201cWith UCF officially on board, we are one giant leap closer to the moon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But the rover doesn&#8217;t just have to safely land on the moon. The pressure is on to make the rover travel 500 meters on the lunar surface and send data back to earth&#8211;before anyone else.<\/p>\n<p>The UCF team is comprised of Earthrise Space Inc. members&#8211;a non-profit organization of UCF students and professionals with the common goal of advancing private and commercial space exploration&#8211;and is supported by key engineering faculty members, the nationally recognized <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/college\/engineering-computer-science\/\">UCF engineering<\/a> team, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/online\/degree\/systems-engineering\/\">UCF Systems Engineering<\/a> Chapter, and senior design students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Omega Envoy Project&#8211;Earthrise Space Inc.&#8217;s project to advance public and private space exploration in Florida&#8211;and UCF have partnered to develop the only student-led entry for the international $30 million Google Lunar X-Prize competition. 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