Carmack Qualifies Lunar Landing Challenge. Lunar Landing Challenge Nasa Carmack. John Carmack's Armadillo aerospace could win $1 million in NASA's Lunar Lander Challenge.. Space.com is reporting that id Software's John Carmack and his fellow team members...

China's First Lunar Probe Collides With Moon. china lunar probe moon collision. China’s first lunar probe, The Chang'e 1, yesterday crashed into the moon in what Beijing is calling a “controlled crash.”. China’s first lunar probe, The Chang'e 1, yesterday...

map of the lunar surface," said JAXA spokesman Shinichi Sobue said, according to the Associated Press. The news echoes events that took place earlier this year, in March. China’s first lunar probe, Chang'e 1, made a “controlled crash” into the moon. Chang'e...

Piled-up GPS Inventory Could Take Two Months To Ease. navigation gps sales. Brisk sales of personal navigation device (PND) during Christmas and the Lunar New year prompted branded vendors and distributors to over-stock inventory which will likely take the...

software development for Spirit and Opportunity, the two rovers for Mars. The experience and knowledge gained from the trip to Mars will make it easier for astronauts navigating the lunar surface. For his efforts, Professor Li is getting $1.2 million over the...

the crappy remake of Pac-Man, or the console version of E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial (deemed the worst video game of all creation). Currently the company is offering four playable arcade hits: Asteroids, Battlezone, Crystal Castles, and Lunar Lander. The other...

is. The Guardian cites Robert Park, a physicist at the University of Maryland and prominent skeptic of manned space flight, as saying the discovery of the water means "practically nothing" to future hopes of a base or colony on the lunar surface. "They've...

the big live public splash people anticipated didn't quite happen. Screens got fuzz and no immediate pictures of the crash or the six-mile plume of lunar dust that the mission was all about. The public, which followed the crashes on the Internet and at observatories,...

you go, "Oooh!" The AP reports that the two ships will smash into the moon at 5,600 mph, more than seven times the speed of sound. The explosion will have the force of 1.5 tons of TNT and throw 772,000 pounds of lunar dirt out of the crater. Project manager...

the original PC classic, however the clumsy controls--both analog and digital settings--need serious work to make the game more than just playable. Duke Nukem 3D includes all three of the original episodes--L.A. Meltdown, Lunar Apocalypse, and Shrapnel City--and...