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on 4,4′-Methylenedianiline in innovation and competition in space II. Eligibility Construction (29 CFR 1926.60), and to exploration and ongoing NASA mission The Program decrease the total burden hour estimates areas. The 2006 Tether Challenge is a has established the following language by two hours. The Agency will prize contest designed to develop very in the Challenge Team Agreements summarize the comments submitted in strong tether material for use in various governing eligibility. For this section, response to this notice, and will include structural applications. The 2006 Tether Challenge is the 2006 Tether Challenge. this summary in its request to OMB to Challenge is being administered for extend the approval of these NASA by the Spaceward Foundation. Team is defined as an individual, information collection requirements. Their Web site is: http:// organization or corporation, or a group Type of Review: Extension of a www.spaceward.org. The Centennial of individuals, organizations or currently-approved information Challenges Web site is corporations that register to participate collection requirement. centennialchallenges..gov. in Challenge. Team is comprised of a Title: 4,4′-Methylenedianiline Team Leader and Team Members. DATES: Standard for Construction (29 CFR The 2006 Tether Challenge will Team Leader is defined as a single 1926.60). be held October 20–21, 2006 as part of individual, organization, or corporation, OMB Number: 1218–0183. the X Prize Cup event in Las Cruces, which is the sole agent representing Affected Public: Business or other for- NM. Team regarding its participation in profit; not-for-profit institutions; Federal ADDRESSES: The 2006 Tether Challenge Challenge. Team Leaders that are Government; State, Local, or Tribal will be held at the X Prize Cup at the individuals must be U.S. citizens. Team Governments. Las Cruces International Airport, 8990 Leaders that are organizations or Number of Respondents: 66. Zia Blvd., Las Cruces, NM 88007. corporations must be incorporated in Frequency of Recordkeeping: On Questions and comments regarding the the U.S. and majority-owned and occasion; quarterly; semi-annually; NASA Centennial Challenges Program controlled by U.S. citizens. Corporate or annually. should be addressed to Mr. Ken other organizational Team Leaders must Average Time per Response: Varies Davidian, Suite 2M14, Centennial appoint an individual who is an officer from five minutes (.08 hour) to provide Challenges Program, Exploration of the Corporation or organization to information to the physician to 2 hours Systems Mission Directorate, NASA, represent the Team Leader. for initial monitoring. 20546–0001. Team Members are defined as the Total Annual Hours Requested: 1,607. participants on the Team that are not FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Estimated Cost (Operation and the Team Leader. If a Team consists of Ken Davidian, Suite 2M14, Centennial Maintenance): $80,412. a single individual, then in this case the Challenges Program, Exploration Team Member is also the Team Leader. IV. Authority and Signature Systems Mission Directorate, NASA, Individuals and corporate entities that 20546–0001, (202) 358–0748, Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., Assistant are other than U.S. citizens or entities [email protected]. Secretary of Labor for Occupational may be Team Members, subject to Safety and Health, directed the To register for and get additional written request to and approval by preparation of this notice. The authority information regarding the 2006 Tether Spaceward. All Team Members will for this notice is the Paperwork Challenge, visit: http:// apply to register for the Challenge Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506) www.elevator2010.org/site/ through Team Leader and must receive and Secretary of Labor’s Order No. 5– competitionTether2006.html. written concurrence by Spaceward. 2002 (67 FR 65008). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All Team Members must execute an Signed at Washington, DC, on August 9, ‘‘Adoption of Agreement’’ committing to 2006. Summary all terms of this Agreement. By signing Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., The purpose of the 2006 Tether below, Team Leader represents that all Assistant Secretary of Labor. Challenge is to develop very strong Team Members have executed the [FR Doc. 06–6946 Filed 8–15–06; 8:45 am] tether material for use in various Adoption of Agreement and that no one BILLING CODE 4510–26–M structural applications. The competition else will become a member of the Team requires a 50% improvement in or participate in the Challenge until breaking force from year to year, starting such new Team Member has signed this NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND with a commercially available tether in Agreement. Spaceward may disqualify SPACE ADMINISTRATION 2005. Additional requirements (such as any Team if it discovers that a person operating temperature range, vacuum is acting as a Team Member who has not [Notice 06–052] compatibility, and controlled electrical signed this Agreement. Team Leader conductivity) will be added in future will provide Spaceward with a copy of Centennial Challenges 2006 Tether years. the ‘‘Adoption of Agreement’’ signed by Challenge each team member. I. Challenge Basis and Prize Amount AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Any U.S. Government organization or Space Administration (NASA). The complete 2006 Tether Challenge organization principally or substantially ACTION: Notice of Centennial Challenges purse is $250,000. The 2006 Tether funded by the Federal Government, 2006 Tether Challenge. Challenge will be conducted in two including Federally Funded Research rounds. The first round will pit tethers and Development Centers, Government- SUMMARY: This notice is issued in from two teams directly against each owned, contractor operated (GOCO) accordance with 42 U.S.C. 2451 other to determine the team with the facilities, and University Affiliated (314)(d). The 2006 Tether Challenge is strongest tether. The second round will Research Centers, are ineligible to be a now scheduled and teams that wish to determine if the first-round winner is at Team Leader or Team Member. U.S. compete may now register. The NASA least 50% stronger than a house tether Government employees may not Centennial Challenges Program is a that represents off-the-shelf materials. If participate in the Challenge as Team program of prize contests to stimulate it is, that team will win the competition. Leader or Team Member.

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Team Members may participate in Directorate, NASA, 20546–0001, (202) TEAM MEMBERS is defined as the Challenge on more than one Team. 358–0748, [email protected]. To participants on the TEAM that are not register for and get additional the TEAM LEADER. If a TEAM consists Rules information regarding the 2006 Beam of a single individual, then in this case The rules for the 2006 Tether Power Challenge, visit: http:// the TEAM MEMBER is also the TEAM Challenge can be found at: http:// www.elevator2010.org/site/ LEADER. Individuals and corporate www.elevator2010.org/site/ competitionClimber2006.html. entities that are other than U.S. citizens competitionTether2006.html. or entities may be TEAM MEMBERS, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Dated: August 8, 2006. subject to written request to and Scott J. Horowitz, Summary approval by SPACEWARD. All TEAM MEMBERS will apply to Associate Administrator, Exploration Systems The 2006 Beam Power Challenge is register for the CHALLENGE through Mission Directorate. designed to promote the development of TEAM LEADER and must receive [FR Doc. E6–13496 Filed 8–15–06; 8:45 am] new power distribution technologies. written concurrence by SPACEWARD. BILLING CODE 7510–13–P These technologies can be applied to All TEAM MEMBERS must execute many aspects of space exploration, an ‘‘Adoption of AGREEMENT’’ including surface- or space-based point- committing to all terms of this NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND to-point power transmission or delivery AGREEMENT. By signing below, TEAM SPACE ADMINISTRATION for robotic and/or human expeditions to LEADER represents that all Team [Notice (06–053)] planetary surfaces. This challenge may Members have executed the Adoption of also support the development of far- Agreement and that no one else will Centennial Challenges 2006 Beam term space infrastructure concepts such become a member of the TEAM or Power Challenge as space elevators and solar power participate in the CHALLENGE until satellites. such new TEAM MEMBER has signed AGENCY: National Aeronautics and This challenge requires teams to Space Administration (NASA). this Agreement. SPACEWARD may design and build a climber (a machine disqualify any TEAM if it discovers that ACTION: Notice. that can go up and down a tether a person is acting as a TEAM MEMBER ribbon) while carrying a payload. Power SUMMARY: This notice is issued in who has not signed this Agreement. will be beamed from a transmitter to a accordance with 42 U.S.C. 2451 (314) TEAM LEADER will provide receiver on the climber. (d). The 2006 Beam Power Challenge is SPACEWARD with a copy of the now scheduled and teams that wish to I. Challenge Basis and Prize Amount ‘‘Adoption of Agreement’’ signed by compete may now register. The NASA each team member. The 2006 Beam Power Challenge total Any U.S. Government organization or Centennial Challenges Program is a purse is $200,000. Each climber must program of prize contests to stimulate organization principally or substantially climb to a height of 50 meters traveling funded by the Federal Government, innovation and competition in space at a minimum speed of 1 meter per exploration and ongoing NASA mission including Federally Funded Research second. The team with the highest score and Development Centers, Government- areas. The 2006 Beam Power Challenge (the product of average velocity and is a prize contest designed to promote owned, contractor operated (GOCO) payload mass normalized by the climber facilities, and University Affiliated the development of new power mass) will win the competition. distribution technologies. Research Centers, are ineligible to be a The 2006 Beam Power Challenge is II. Eligibility TEAM LEADER or TEAM MEMBER. being administered for NASA by the U.S. Government employees may not The Centennial Challenges Program participate in the CHALLENGE as Spaceward Foundation. Their Web site has established the following language is: http://www.spaceward.org. The TEAM LEADER or TEAM MEMBER. in the CHALLENGE Team Agreements TEAM MEMBERS may participate in Centennial Challenges Web site is governing eligibility. CHALLENGE is CHALLENGE on more than one TEAM. http://centennialchallenges.nasa.gov. the 2006 Beam Power Challenge. DATES: The 2006 Beam Power Challenge TEAM is defined as an individual, III. Rules will be held October 20–21, 2006 as part organization or corporation, or a group The rules for the 2006 Beam Power of the X PRIZE Cup event in Las Cruces, of individuals, organizations or Challenge can be found at: http:// NM. corporations that register to participate www.elevator2010.org/site/documents/ ADDRESSES: The 2006 Beam Power in CHALLENGE. TEAM is comprised of climber_rulebook_2006.current.pdf. Challenge will be held at the X PRIZE a TEAM LEADER and TEAM Dated: August 8, 2006. Cup at the Las Cruces International MEMBERS. Scott J. Horowitz, Airport, 8990 Zia Blvd., Las Cruces, NM TEAM LEADER is defined as a single Associate Administrator, Exploration Systems 88007. Questions and comments individual, organization, or corporation, Mission Directorate. regarding the NASA Centennial which is the sole agent representing [FR Doc. E6–13497 Filed 8–15–06; 8:45 am] Challenges Program should be TEAM regarding its participation in BILLING CODE 7510–13–P addressed to Mr. Ken Davidian, Suite CHALLENGE. TEAM LEADERS that are 2M14, Centennial Challenges Program, individuals must be U.S. citizens. Exploration Systems Mission TEAM LEADERS that are organizations NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND Directorate, NASA, 20546–0001. or corporations must be incorporated in SPACE ADMINISTRATION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: the U.S. and majority-owned and Requests for additional information controlled by U.S. citizens. Corporate or [Notice (06–054)] regarding the NASA Centennial other organizational TEAM LEADERS Centennial Challenges 2007 Challenges Program should be directed must appoint an individual who is an Glove Challenge to Mr. Ken Davidian, Suite 2M14, officer of the Corporation or Centennial Challenges Program, organization to represent the TEAM AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Exploration Systems Mission LEADER. Space Administration (NASA).

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