What was the purpose of the prize x competitions?

The purpose is to inspire and new generation of private investment in space exploration and technology.  Hope this helps you! -Atlas Greyson

c, d, e, f, g, a, b, and c.

sometimes western music will also use solfege. the names of these are do ra me fa sol la si (or ti) and do.

to indicate a note a half step higher or lower then the original note, you would say c # (for a half a step above c) or bb (for half a step below b)