Dogecoin is Going to the Moon!
Team Phoenicia and RevUp Render Launch the Ultimate Dogecoin
Competition—the Lunar Iditarod Micro Moon Rover Competition
MENLO PARK, CA—May 15, 2014—“To the Moon!”—a familiar slogan that
resonates in the Dogecoin community—is on its way to becoming a real-life
event. Team Phoenicia, Inc. and RevUp Render, Inc. have joined forces to roll
out the next big Dogecoin challenge—the RevUp Render Lunar Iditarod
Competition. Fueled by Dogecoin digital currency, which is similar to Bitcoin,
participants will compete in a three-way race on the moon, racing mini moon rovers
(DogeSleds) the size of smart phones. Details about the event can be found on
the Iditarod competition website at lunariditarod.revuprender.com.
The RevUp Render Lunar Iditarod will unfold in several stages over the
next year and a half. The first stages of the competition will narrow the field
of competitors to three Dogecoin-themed DogeSled moon rovers. For the final
stage of the competition, the three chosen DogeSleds will be placed aboard a
lunar lander and physically carried to the moon on Team Phoenicia’s Phoenicia-1
mission scheduled for Q4 2015. The final stage of the competition involves the
actual race, which will take place on the moon after the three DogeSleds have
disembarked from the lunar lander.
The Dogecoin-themed event is the culmination of space meets the cloud—Team
Phoenicia’s discovery of an unmet need in the private space industry and RevUp
Render’s custom cloud technology for design and engineering, which allows teams to collaborate on complex design
projects from any location. Team Phoenicia, which is manifesting the
Phoenicia-1 mission, will deliver payloads to low-earth orbit and the moon. In
November 2013, Pennsylvania State University’s Google Lunar X PRIZE team, the
Lunar Lions, was the first payload to reserve a slot on the Phoenicia-1 launch
in 2015.
“Team Phoenicia was a Google Lunar X PRIZE (GLXP) team for several years
before withdrawing to focus on the launch,” said William Baird, CEO, Team
Phoenicia. “We realized the launch itself was as challenging as the rest of the
prize. If someone did not focus exclusively on the launch, no team was likely
to make it to the moon.”
“The Iditarod
is the perfect way for the Dogecoin community to push the limits of digital
currency and advanced engineering to achieve something that has never been done
before—racing micro-rovers on the moon,” explains Ry Bruscoe, president of
RevUp Render. “Participants will have access to our advanced cloud computing
technologies to push their designs to new heights. We can’t wait to see what
the Lunar Iditarod teams create in the most ambitious challenge to date for the
Dogecoin community.”
“Team Phoenicia is proud to support the RevUp Render Iditarod Challenge.
We bring our experiences in past challenges, the contacts made through those
experiences, and of course, the launch itself,” explained Baird. “The Dogecoin
community is well positioned for growth beyond being just another
cryptocurrency. By cross pollinating the Dogecoin, robotics, and NewSpace
communities, we create an opportunity for these vastly different communities to
learn from one another, creating something that is stronger and better than we
ever imagined. Not only are we offering to help the Dogecoin community achieve its
goal of ‘To the Moon,’ we are helping to create a market for Dogecoin that will
help increase demand for the cryptocurrency around the world.”
Within a period of five months, Dogecoiners funded the Jamaican Olympic
bobsled team, sponsored a NASCAR driver, and rallied behind numerous charities.
Unlike these previous sponsorships, The RevUp Render Lunar Iditarod, is not
reliant on crowdfunding. At its core, this event is about extending Dogecoin
awareness and usage by incorporating Dogecoin marketing and transactions into
the competition requirements. The Lunar Iditarod is the ultimate vehicle for
getting Dogecoin “To the Moon!”
Competition
Brief
· RevUp
Render Lunar Iditarod Competition website: lunariditarod.revuprender.com.
· The RevUp
Render Lunar Iditarod is a multi-stage, multi-year lunar mini rover
competition.
· The first
four stages of the competition will be held in the San Francisco Bay Area featuring
a lunar regolith simulation.
· The final
stage will include three micro moon rovers physically racing on the surface of
the moon.
· The
judging panel will include professionals in the space industry and Dogecoin
community.
About
Team Phoenicia
Team Phoenicia is an orbital payload broker and service provider.
Founded in 2007, Team Phoenicia entered the spacecraft payload manifesting
market in 2010 with the purpose of making space access more routine for small
spacecraft. Team Phoenicia is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.
About
RevUP Render
RevUp Render, Inc. offers cloud computing for architectural
visualization, video game design, motion graphics, vifual effects, and more.
The company's goal is to bridge the gap between the creative mind and model
rendering through advanced collaborative design & review technology. Visit www.revuprender.com.
All products or brand names mentioned are
trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
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