NEXT GIANT LEAP - A Google Lunar X PRIZE Team
Based in the United States, team Next Giant Leap (NGL) boasts highly qualified members from academic, aerospace and small business communities. NGL was founded on the concept that a small but focused team is the ideal vehicle to efficiently engineer the winning Google Lunar X PRIZE entry.
Founded by Michael Joyce in November of 2007, the team was known only as the “Mystery Team” for the first year. That year was well spent, recruiting the best possible team members and building the strong relationships between our team members that will be required to reach our goals.
Now our team eagerly embraces the remaining challenges, challenges which we expect to surmount together in the “Next Giant Leap”.
FEATURED PHOTO
Google Lunar X PRIZE artists have created this rendering of the current Next Giant Leap Moon Lander design. This design is based on existing space hardware developed by Sierra Nevada Corporation Space Systems, along with extensive modifications by team partners to that the ensure capabilities needed to satisfy the requirements of the PRIZE are fully integrated.
FEATURED VIDEO
Colorado based team member Sierra Nevada Corporation - Space Systems (SNCSS) designs and manufactures satellites, spacecraft subsystems and components, and rocket propulsion systems for defense, civil government, corporate and international customers. This promotional video produced by MicroSat Systems (recently acquired by SNC) highlights their experience and their capabilities.
