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- ↑ "Medical Center of the Americas Foundation and the Center for Advancing Innovation Launch the SPACE RACE Challenge in Partnership with NASA". PRWeb.com. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
- ↑ Gregg, Aaron (November 28, 2015). "Bethesda nonprofit trying to bridge government and start-up community".
- ↑ U.S. General Services Administration. "Challenge.gov Celebrates Five Years of Open Innovation". Challenge.gov.