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Team FREDNET is a group of scientists, technologists, and engineers who are using their combined talents to create a timely and elegant solution to win the Google Lunar X Prize.

Team FREDNET is going to the Moon, the Engineering Project of a Lifetime!

Team FREDNET: the First and Only 100% Open Source Competitor for the Google Lunar X Prize.

 
Team FREDNET Leaders
Fred J. Bourgeois, III
Richard D. Core
Ryan Weed
Joseph M. Stevenson
 
In The News
  • Asia Times Online, Lunar Prize Sets Asian Hearts Racing, Peter J. Brown, 2009/04/03.
  • John Fowler of KTVU Fox 2 (Oakland, CA) interview with Fred Bourgeois, 2009/03/22.
  • Control Engineering Magazine, Two Wheel Robot Shoots for the Moon, 2009/01/20.
  • Technovelgy, JALURO Lunar Robot - 2-Wheeled Open Source
  • Linux DevicesOpen Source Project Races to the Moon, (Front Page) 2008/12/18
  • Robocon Magazine #58 (Japan), 2008/07/01
  • Popular Mechanics, Meet the First 10 Teams in the Google Lunar X Prize, June 2008.
  • Popular Mechanics, Debating NASA vs. DIY Rocketeers, Lunar Real Estate and the Open-Source X Prize: My Own Private Space PODCAST, Matt Sullivan, 2008/05/12.

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    Team FREDNET - Three Teams, Many Goals, One Primary Mission
    Written by Fred J. Bourgeois, III   
    Three Teams, Many Goals, One Primary Mission
     
    Team FREDNET attempts to do several things that no organization has successfully done before, and that requires some innovation.  Innovation often starts in chaos.  The chaos makes us aware of needs, which in turn spark ideas of how to meet those needs with various solutions.  Those solutions in turn generate
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    Forum Registration

    Most of our Team Members got started with Team FREDNET by joining our Forum.  We've recently changed the method for registration though, so this short article should help you to create your forum account.  It is quite simple, just four short steps.

    1. First, send an email to Signup Email Address telling the New User Manager your preferred username for the forum.
    2. You should receive a reply within 24-48 hours confirming your username and providing you with an initial password.
    3. Go to the Forum and login with the provided username / password.
    4. Change your password to something secure that you can remember.
    While most areas of our Forum can be browsed by anyone (even guests), only registered users are allowed to post relevant content.
     
    Team FREDNET Promo Video

     Team FREDNET Promo Video

    This short promotional video gives an overview of early conceptual designs for our Open Source Space Systems.

     
    Sponsors
    We need YOU to help get us to the Moon!

    Financial support for this adventure is being provided by:

    Applios Inc -- Applied Open Source Technologies - Software & Systems Development Experts

    Robot Club of Traverse City - Devoted to the Exploration of Robotics

    All sponsors will have their names and/or logos prominently displayed here - and on the Moon, of course.

    Drop us an e-mail at Signup@teamfrednet DOT org if you would like to become a part of history.

     
     

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