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Subject: Media Release - Former NASA chief Alan Stern joins Odyssey 
Moon, the first registered competitor in the Google Lunar X PRIZE
Date: Wednesday 18 June 2008
From: Daven Maharaj <news.odysseymoon at gmail.com>
To: kanzure at gmail.com

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For Immediate Release
Release Date: 18 June 2008

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Contact: Odyssey Moon
daven.maharaj at odysseymoon.com [mailto:daven.maharaj at odysseymoon.com]
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Media Release
Former NASA chief Alan Stern joins Odyssey Moon, the first registered 
competitor in the Google Lunar X PRIZE
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Washington, DC - Odyssey Moon, a commercial lunar enterprise, announced 
today that former NASA Associate Administrator Dr. Alan Stern has 
accepted a role with the Isle of Man-based company.  Dr. Stern was a 
recognized engine of change and innovation as chief of NASA's Science 
Mission Directorate, championing new science programs while being a 
stalwart advocate of cost and value control when he served at NASA.

Dr. Stern has joined the Odyssey Moon executive team on an exclusive 
part time consulting basis as the company's Science Mission Director, 
part of a new diversified career focus spanning many of his lifelong 
interests and activities.  He expects that his blended understanding of 
science and business will help Odyssey Moon establish a commercial 
lunar business while pursuing the $30 Million Google Lunar X PRIZE.  "I 
am a fan of public-private partnerships and building bridges to new 
markets," he said.  "I believe we are on the verge of a whole new era 
of space exploration and that the private sector can provide reliable 
cost effective services that can increase the value and leverage 
government space budgets."

A veteran of space exploration with over 25 year experience, Stern's 
alliance with the private space sector comes at a critical time when 
NASA and other space agencies are looking carefully at the value 
proposition in partnering with the commercial sector for space 
activities.

Dr. Stern is a highly respected planetary scientist who has authored 
over 200 technical papers, 30 popular articles and two books.  His work 
has taken him to numerous astronomical observatories, to the South 
Pole, and to the upper atmosphere aboard high performance military 
aircraft. He has been involved as a researcher in 24 suborbital, 
orbital, and planetary space missions, including 8 for which he was the 
mission principle investigator; he has also led the development of 8 
scientific instruments for planetary and near-space research missions. 
In 2007 he was named to the Time 100 Most Influential People in the 
World.

A planetary scientist and former NASA astronaut candidate, Dr. Stern 
served as NASA's Associate Administrator for Space Science in 2007 and 
2008, directing a $4.4B organization with 93 separate flight missions 
and a program of over 3,000 research grants. During his tenure a record 
10 major new flight projects were started and deep reforms of the 
research and also the education and public outreach programs were put 
in place.

Odyssey Moon CEO Dr. Robert (Bob) Richards joined other members of the 
company's executive and board of directors in welcoming Alan Stern to 
their executive team.  "We are absolutely thrilled that Alan has 
decided to join us," Dr. Richards said.  "New businesses are all about 
the people who believe in making them happen and I can't think of a 
better person to help us succeed in this exciting venture than Alan."

About Odyssey Moon
Odyssey Moon Limited is a private commercial lunar enterprise 
headquartered in the Isle of Man involving partners in many nations. 
The first official contender in the $30M Google Lunar X PRIZE 
competition, the company is an innovative partnership of aerospace, 
financial, science, education, legal and policy interests that have 
come together to offer ongoing commercial lunar business services and 
products for humanity?s permanent return to the Moon. Odyssey Moon is 
dedicated to the long-term responsible development of the Moon for the 
benefit of all Humanity.
© Copyright 2007-2008 Odyssey Moon Limited. All rights reserved.
"Odyssey Moon"   and the Odyssey Moon Earth-Moon logo are trademarks of 
Odyssey 
Moon Limited. All other company and product names may be trademarks of 
the companies 
with which they are associated.

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