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The N-Prize (the "N" stands for "Nanosatellite" or "Negligible Resources".) is an inducement prize contest intended to "encourage creativity, originality and inventiveness in the face of severe odds and impossible financial restrictions" and thus stimulate innovation directed towards obtaining cheap access to space. The competition was launched in 2008〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Halfbakery: N-Prize )〕 by Cambridge biologist Paul H. Dear,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Paul H. Dear - Aerospace )〕 and is intended specifically to spur amateur involvement in spaceflight as it is "aimed at amateurs, enthusiasts, would-be boffins and foolhardy optimists." The challenge posed by the N-Prize is to launch a satellite weighing between 9.99 and 19.99 grams into Earth orbit, and to track it for a minimum of nine orbits. Most importantly, though, the launch budget must be within £999.99 (about $1500) - and must include the launch vehicle, all of the required non-reusable launch equipment hardware, and propellant.〔 In order to be eligible for the awards the challenge initially had to be completed before 19:19:09 (GMT) on 19 September 2013, however later it was decided that the prize will remain open until won.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=N-Prize reopened )〕 Doing so will earn the winning team a prize of £9,999.99.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=N-Prize Founder, Dr. Paul Dear Talks to the Space Fellowship about Starting up a Space Prize (with a Bottle of Pinot Grigio) )〕 ==List of competing teams== The official site of the N-Prize includes an animated page listing over fifty teams together with contact information and links to any team websites.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=N-Prize teams )〕 Examples of teams〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=N-Prize: Team profiles )〕 that have entered the competition at one time or another and who also have or had web pages include: * 30px Nebula〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nebula Aerospace login page )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=UK Team "Nebula" Talk to the Space Fellowship about Entering the N-Prize )〕 * 30px Epsilon Vee〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Epsilon Vee's weblog )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A Q&A session with N-Prize contenders "Epsilon Vee" )〕 * 30px Vulcan〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=South African Rocketry Association )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=South African Rocketry Association Projects )〕 * 30px Microlaunchers〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Microlaunchers )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Microlaunchers N-Prize Presentation )〕 * 30px Cambridge University Spaceflight〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cambridge University Spaceflight - A student society aiming to get a rocket into space for less than £1000 per launch )〕 * 30px Potent Voyager〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Potent Voyager )〕 * 30px Team Prometheus〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Team Prometheus - Advocates of the New Space Frontier )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Team Prometheus - Upcoming Tests, The N-Prize and the GLXP )〕 * 30px Team 9.99〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Team 9.99 // N-Prize Competitors )〕 * 30px Radion One〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Team Indians - Aerospace/Defense )〕 * 30px Kiwi 2 Space〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kiwi2Space - New Zealand Back yard space pioneers )〕 * 30px Qi Spacecraft〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Qi Spacecraft )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=New N-Prize Team - Qi Spacecraft )〕 * 30px Aerosplice〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Aerosplice )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=New N-Prize Team - Aerosplice )〕 * 30px WikiSat〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Wikisat - Opening space to everyone )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「N-Prize」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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