Well, we have given up on the thermal engine. Progress was heading for a three-year development time. I still believe in the idea but it is not going to make it in to this competition.
The light source however is doing very well. We are going solar. I do hope New Mexico lives up to its sunny reputation on contest day. I have offered to share with other teams and will have to see what comes of it.
Officially we are privateers authorized to fight a battle that is not quite a war. Our only reward is the booty earned from defeating the enemy. But the enemy calls us nothing better than pirates and will hang us any chance it gets.
These are our 2006 solar cells.