▁sites ▁from ▁old ▁miss ions , ▁and ▁walk ▁ 5 0 0 ▁meters ). , ▁in ▁its ▁first ▁mission , ▁Space ME TA ▁decided ▁to ▁particip ate ▁bringing ▁ru pt ure ▁ideas ▁to ▁the ▁race , ▁considering ▁to ▁use ▁at ▁minimum ▁level ▁conventional ▁and ▁already ▁used ▁old ▁age ▁space ▁techn ologies ▁and ▁solutions . ▁Space ME TA ▁was ▁the ▁last ▁team ▁to ▁be ▁selected ▁by ▁the ▁X ▁Prize ▁Foundation ▁to ▁particip ate ▁on ▁the ▁GL X P , ▁and ▁the ▁only ▁one ▁selected ▁from ▁Brazil . ▁ ▁Check ed ▁on ▁ 2 8 ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁by ▁an ▁un related ▁observer , ▁the ▁Space ME TA ▁website ▁is ▁no ▁longer ▁oper ational . ▁No ▁official ▁announ cement ▁of ▁term ination ▁is ▁easily ▁found . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Space ME TA ▁was ▁initially ▁spons ored ▁by ▁Intel ▁Corporation ▁which ▁has ▁the ▁first ▁right ▁ref us al ▁for ▁a ▁first ▁round ▁of ▁invest ment ▁on ▁a ▁success ▁case ▁basis . ▁ ▁Found ers ▁ ▁Space ME TA ▁was ▁founded ▁by ▁Ser gio ▁Cab ral ▁Caval c anti , ▁a ▁research er ▁from ▁ ▁Federal ▁University ▁of ▁Rio ▁de ▁Janeiro . ▁ ▁Mission ▁over view ▁▁ ▁Space ME TA ▁ ▁Mission ▁Over view ▁Sum mary , ▁as ▁presented ▁to ▁the ▁XP ri ze ▁Committee , ▁ ▁has ▁proposed ▁several ▁ru pt ure ▁innov ation ▁approach ▁for ▁its ▁mission . ▁Actually ▁the ▁dis closed ▁innov ations ▁are ▁related ▁with ▁the ▁following ▁technical ▁approaches : ▁▁▁ ▁Us age ▁of ▁eth an ol ▁as ▁ro cket