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Off Topic => Engineering => Topic started by: Nemesis on May 05, 2007, 03:51:08 pm

Title: Homer wins $200,000 space suit glove design contest.
Post by: Nemesis on May 05, 2007, 03:51:08 pm

Link to full article (http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/05/04/glovewinner_spa.html?category=space&guid=20070504113000&dcitc=w19-506-ak-0008)

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An unemployed former aerospace engineer has built a better spacesuit glove, claiming the first payoff in the NASA-backed Centennial Challenges competition.

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Homer, for example, bought most of the materials for his gloves at local shops in his hometown of Southwest Harbor, Maine, and on eBay, said Alan Hayes with Volanz Aerospace, the nonprofit educational organization NASA selected to run the competition.

Link to second article (http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/070501_astronaut_glove.html)