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It also might prove useful in drawing up commercial flight plans.<\/p>\n<p>Eastes\u2019 team and four other finalists each received a $250,000 grant to develop a concept study as they work toward the $55 million award through NASA\u2019s Explorer Mission of Opportunity program. The winning team will need to have its project launch ready by 2016.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.floridatoday.com\/article\/20111015\/NEWS02\/310150016\/UCF-hopes-project-gets-off-ground-NASA?odyssey=nav|head\">Read more about the project here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A University of Central Florida physicist and his team of space weather researchers are hoping to win a major NASA prize \u2014 a chance to launch their experiment into space. 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