<s>
Team	B-Application
FREDNET	I-Application
is	O
an	O
international	O
Open	O
Source	O
and	O
Open	O
Participation	O
competitor	O
in	O
the	O
Google	B-Application
Lunar	I-Application
X	I-Application
PRIZE	I-Application
competition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
strategy	O
is	O
to	O
utilize	O
the	O
same	O
approach	O
for	O
developing	O
open	O
source	O
software	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
build	O
a	O
lunar	O
lander	O
and	O
a	O
lunar	O
rovers	O
capable	O
of	O
winning	O
the	O
Google	B-Application
Lunar	I-Application
X	I-Application
Prize	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Team	B-Application
FREDNET	I-Application
plans	O
to	O
establish	O
an	O
Open	O
Space	O
Foundation	O
that	O
provides	O
incentives	O
,	O
education	O
,	O
and	O
funding	O
to	O
future	O
individuals	O
and	O
organizations	O
seeking	O
to	O
develop	O
their	O
own	O
space	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Team	B-Application
FREDNET	I-Application
is	O
led	O
by	O
Fred	O
J	O
.	O
Bourgeois	O
,	O
III	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dr.	O
Sean	O
Casey	O
of	O
the	O
Universities	O
Space	O
Research	O
Association	O
manages	O
business	O
development	O
for	O
Team	B-Application
FREDNET	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Richard	O
Core	O
is	O
Team	B-Application
FREDNET	I-Application
's	O
project	O
manager	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Team	B-Application
FREDNET	I-Application
has	O
affiliations	O
with	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
clubs	O
,	O
schools	O
,	O
and	O
businesses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Open	O
source	O
software	O
teams	O
can	O
normally	O
download	O
a	O
program	O
and	O
add	O
their	O
own	O
contributions	O
,	O
but	O
Team	B-Application
FREDNET	I-Application
had	O
to	O
translate	O
its	O
many	O
individual	O
ideas	O
into	O
rocket	O
engines	O
and	O
rover	O
gears	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
address	O
this	O
challenge	O
,	O
Team	B-Application
FREDNET	I-Application
took	O
major	O
steps	O
in	O
August	O
and	O
September	O
2009	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
easier	O
for	O
globally	O
distributed	O
collaboration	O
to	O
occur	O
by	O
providing	O
guidelines	O
for	O
people	O
who	O
wanted	O
to	O
make	O
contributions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Team	B-Application
FREDNET	I-Application
relies	O
heavily	O
on	O
Open	O
Source	O
Software	O
Tools	O
to	O
accomplish	O
their	O
mission	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
uses	O
MediaWiki	B-Application
software	I-Application
from	O
the	O
Wikimedia	O
Foundation	O
for	O
organizing	O
its	O
development	O
efforts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Launchpad	B-Protocol
is	O
used	O
for	O
certain	O
bug	O
tracking	O
and	O
configuration	O
management	O
utilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blender	B-Application
is	O
the	O
animation	O
software	O
the	O
team	O
uses	O
for	O
showing	O
a	O
simulation	O
of	O
the	O
mission	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Team	B-Application
FREDNET	I-Application
plans	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
simple	O
architecture	O
in	O
their	O
bid	O
to	O
win	O
the	O
Google	B-Application
Lunar	I-Application
X	I-Application
PRIZE	I-Application
,	O
consisting	O
of	O
a	O
small	O
lander	O
that	O
will	O
deploy	O
a	O
small	O
lunar	O
rover	O
which	O
in	O
turn	O
will	O
use	O
the	O
lander	O
as	O
a	O
communication	O
relay	O
back	O
to	O
Earth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
three	O
main	O
components	O
to	O
the	O
Team	B-Application
FREDNET	I-Application
mission	O
which	O
include	O
(	O
a	O
)	O
the	O
transfer	O
mission	O
(	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
directing	O
the	O
rover	O
to	O
accomplish	O
the	O
tasks	O
needed	O
to	O
win	O
the	O
Google	B-Application
Lunar	I-Application
X-Prize	I-Application
)	O
,	O
and	O
(	O
c	O
)	O
the	O
Earth	O
mission	O
(	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
receiving	O
the	O
data	O
that	O
the	O
rover	O
must	O
transmit	O
to	O
Earth	O
to	O
win	O
the	O
Google	B-Application
Lunar	I-Application
X	I-Application
PRIZE	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
part	O
of	O
this	O
education	O
effort	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
has	O
contributed	O
towards	O
a	O
team	O
that	O
created	O
a	O
LEGO	B-Application
Mindstorms	I-Application
based	O
rover	O
that	O
is	O
controlled	O
by	O
Bluetooth	B-Protocol
technology	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
