Photos: X Prize's rocket fest

Laramie, Wyoming-based SpeedUp built a hydrogen-peroxide-powered rocket called Laramie Rose. Likely too heavy to fly on the moon, the computer-controlled vehicle did not launch at the competition. But SpeedUp plans to fly it next year, according to the company's president, Robert Steinke, who also developed software for the Mars Explorer rover mission at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab.

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